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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420
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Barely, adv. [ME. barely (14th c.); OE. bærlíce openly.] Merely, simply. — c1420 Wynt. vii. 725.
Na lawyd patrowne … suld gyve institutyowne, … Bot barly that the patrowne Suld gyue hys presentatyowne
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