A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1700+
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Aprill, Apryl(e, Aprile, n. Also: aprille, appril(l; apryll(e, appryll, -yle; apprile; apryill, apriell, apreill, ap(p)rayll. Also trisyllabic variants after Averill: aperell, aperil(l, apyrayll, apperyll. [ME. aprille, apryll, apryle, etc. (14th c.), L. aprīlis. Cf. Averill.] The month of April.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 486 (the aucht kalente of Aprill). 1466 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 395 (the xxvij day of aprille). 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I. 108 (on Blak Monnunda, the xxti day Aprill). 1615 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. 412/2 (Monday the thrid of Apprill). 1695 Annandale Corr. 102 (in the beginning of Appril).(b) 1450 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 135 (the tende day of Apryle). 1460 Peebles B. Rec. 135 (the monetht of Apryll). 1529 Lennox Mun. 231 (the nynt daye of Aprylle). 1566 St. A. Baxter Bks. (the first day off Apryl). a1578 Pitsc. I. 245/2 (the settirday befoir Sanct George day, quhilk was the xxj day of Appryle). 1647 Cupar Presb. 109 (the first Sabbathe of Appryle). 1686 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 58 (the eight of Appryll).(c) c1515 Asloan MS I. 265/23 (on Gud Fryday the ferd day of Aprile). c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 83 (there saw I May betuix Aprile and June). 1555–6 Edinb. B. Rec. 323 (the ȝeir of his office, quhilk beginith agane in the moneth of Aprile). 1570 Grant Chart. 141 (the fowrt day of Aprile).(d) 1573 Wemyss Corr. 16 (the ellevint day of Apryill). 1615 Sutherland Corr. 117 (in Apryill nixt). 1631 Annandale Corr. 284 (the 4 of Apprayll; the 10 of Appreill). 1704 Cromarty Corr. I. 218 (before Apriell).(e)1451 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi. 25.
The four and thuenty day of the monetht of Aperil c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 364; c1475 Ib. vi. 9.
In Aperill fra him he bownd to wend 1509 Lennox Mun. 189.
The xxvj day of Apyrayll ? 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 226.
The x day of Aperell 1553 Protocol Book of Sir William Corbet 20.
The viii. daye of Apperyll
