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: 1420
[0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Clerklyk, -lik(e, a. = Clerkly a. —c1420 Wynt. v. 4178.
He … dyd mony a clerklyk [W. clerklik] werk c1420 Ib. 5448.
The buk of Job he tretyd hale In clerklyk [W. clerklike] manere
