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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Assuritly, adv. Also: -lie, -lye, assu(i)redlie. [ME. assuredlye, e.m.E. assuredly.] Certainly; surely; confidently.1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 125 (quha had assuritlye the gyft of the Haly Crist). 1563 Davidson Answer 187 (assuritly knawing quhat sould be keipit). 1581 Burne Disput. 31 b (he vald beleue assuritlie that … ). 1591 Reg. Morton I. 178 (ȝoure L. verray assuritlie at power). 1596 Dalr. I. 231/34 (he assuiredlie promisses him).

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