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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: 1558-1598
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(Disdain-,) Disda(y)nfullie, adv. [e.m.E. disdain-, disdeinfully (a 1533).] Scornfully. —1558-66 Knox II. 311 (it was disdanfullie ansuered). 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 227 (in contempt of others disdaynfullie).
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