A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1682-1689
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1]
Beall, n. [Variant (indicating the Sc. pronunciation) of e.m.E. bail(e, bayl(e.] Bail. —1682 Peebles B. Rec. II. 104 (to give beall). 1688 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 87 (that they may be free of the beall). 1689 Acts XII. 47/2 (I proffer hostages or bealls).
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Beall n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/beall>
