A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dewil, variant of deil Dele n. (part). —a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi. 1066.
He fel in hard seknes, That sume dewil lyk a feuer wes
