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: 1513-1581
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Ardently (-lye, -lie), adv. [ME. ardentliche (1340), e.m.E. ardently.] Eagerly, strongly, zealously.1513 Doug. i. xi. 39 (Dydo ardently behaldis all); ii. ix. 40 (ardently Pyrrus gan him fast persew). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2811 (Nynus luffit sa ardentlye Semeramis). 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 2 b (thai ardentlie suppressit the coniurations).