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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1657
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Eternal, a. Also: -all(e, -ale, -aile; eyt-, æternall; iternall. [ME. eternale (15th c.), -all(e, OF. eternal, L. æternālis.] Eterna;, everlasting.
1. Of God or Christ.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 180.
Eternaile God, quhy suld I thus wayis de? 1490 Irland Mir. I. 25/19.
Sene Ihesus, his naturale sone & eternale, obeyit to him c1552 Lynd. Mon. 556.
The father of heuin, quhilk wes and is eternall a1568 Bannatyne MS 31 a/12.
Cum luke on the eternall king of joy a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xv. 1.
O hie eternale God of micht 1585 Misc. Bann. C. II. 217.
He lewis his saull to the eyternall God 1657 Balfour Ann. II. 247.
The euerliuing and æternall Godabsol. 1592 Wemyss Corr. 42.
Thus we commit you to the eternell 1610 Brechin Testaments II. 32.
He comitis his saull to the eternall his creator
2. Of states, conditions, etc.(a) 1456 Hay II. 19/31.
His will … ledis him to the way of eternale dampnacioun a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1236.
O man, consider this torment eternale a1499 Ib. 1500.
To optene that tryvmphe eternale c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 42/7.
To cum fynalie to eternale blis c1490 Ib. 300/5.
Of thir ordouris a certane fell with Lucifer till eternale dampnacoun a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cii. 72.
And se God face to face In his eternale gloir(b) c1450 Craft of Deyng 217.
Betuex me and the eternall ded 1490 Irland Mir. I. 91/22.
To suffer infynit pane and eternalle dampnacioune a1500 Bk. Chess 2191.
Quhar lyf but end and ioye eternall is 1513 Doug. x. Prol. 53.
The Fader … ever bredis His Son, hys word and wysdom eternall 1562-3 Winȝet II. 70/32.
With extreme perel of æternall saluatioun a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxix. 119.
That eternall ioy to haif Quhilk he hes promissit(c)a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xxiii. 8.
Thow … Sall ring with God in iternall blythnes
