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: 1499-1596
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Constantly(e, -lie, adv. [e.m.E. (1534).] Steadfastly, firmly.a1500 Bk. Chess 985.
Most constantlye that thing kepit he a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 108.
Thai allegit for thame rycht constantlye, That be thair law [etc.] 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 160.
All men of godlie learnyng hes evir constantlie affirmit [etc.] 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 51.
Thir thingis … wer constantly resistit be the regent 1591 Criminal Trials I. iii. 245.
The particular depositiounes of … Donald Robesoune and Jonett Straytoun, quha constantlie abaid att the samin 1596 Dalr. I. 208/7.
Vrsula … constantlie refuseng the mariage of the Hunnis
