A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1581, 1638
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Evilnes, n. [ME. evylnes, ivelnes, OE. yfelnys.] Badness. —1581 Breadalbane Lett. (Reg. H.) 8 Feb.
I considder ȝour onhabilitie to haiff trauelit hidder … in respect of the euilnes off the wedder 1638 Ann. Banff I. 82.
How the Mid Peathe … is … defylit with muck and middingis to the great prejudice of the inhabitantis be the evilnes of the way
