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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513
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Dingly, Dyngly, adv. [f. ding Digne a. Cf. ME. dignely, -liche (c 1315).] Worthily. — 1513 Doug. ii. Prol. 7.
God grant me grace hym dyngly [Sm. dingly] to ensew
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