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: 1569-1586
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Bounteouslie (Bont-), adv. [e.m.E. (1531).] Graciously; bountifully —a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxx. 179.
He … did ȝour baill most bountiouslie behald a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxiv. 44.
Hir native giftes … Sua bonteouslie declairis