A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1456
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Delytably, adv. Also: delytabli, -ab(i)ly, delitabily. [ME. delitably (c 1340).] Delightfully, daintily. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 164.
Thai … it fosterit tendirly, As his stat wald delytabli c1400 Troy-bk. i. 342.
Chambris … That with paithment & with payntry Enlumynit war delitabily c1420 Wynt. vi. 452.
Ressaywyd he wes thare curtaysly, And festyd offt delytably 1456 Hay I. 301/18.
Quhen a man is our delytabily nurist … in his youthede
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