A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Costlyk, -lik, a. [Variant of Costly a.] Costly, expensive; rich.a1400 Leg. S. xxiv. 90.
Beltis of gold, costlyk & dere Ib. xxvii. 786.
A costlyk kyrk Ib. xxx. 80; etc.
To be costlyk in clething c1420 Wynt. viii. 4104.
At Renfrewe a mawngery Costlyk he made ryaly c1450-2 Howlat 704.
The boytour callit was cuke, … costlyk of curis c1460 Thewis Gud Women 29.
In hire cleithinge, … Nocht our costlyk, na sumptewous
