A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dull, Dul, a. Also: dwll. [ME. dulle, dul (13th c.).] a. Slow to understand or think. b. Slow to hear; deaf. c. Lacking in interest.a. a1500 Bernardus 362.
Qwhen … thi spretis vax dul and blat c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxx. 17.
We ar so beistlie, dull, and ignorant 1549 Compl. 16/3.
My dul rude brane Ib. 123/6.
I may be comparit to the dul asse 1560 Rolland Seven S. 5730.
God … sa dul maid his hart, That he culd not him self help be na art 1593 Conv. Burghs I. 395.
Oure dark and dwll senses and wittsb. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xv. 9.
He that dronis ay as ane bee Sowld haif ane heirar dull as stane 1513 Doug. iv. viii. 40.
Quhy doith he reffus my wordis and prayeris To lat entir in his dul ontretabill erisc. a1568 Scott i. 222.
This dull indyte c1590 J. Stewart 142/21.
All my blobit dull indyt
