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: 1389-1420
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Evinlik(e, Ewynlik(e, adv. Also: evynlik, -lyke, ewyne-, ewynlyk. [ME. evenliche, OE. efenlíce.] Equally; evenly.1389 Wemyss Chart. 23.
This endenture, … euynlyke til all men wydin the seluyn berys wytnes c1420 Wynt. i. 568.
And all tyme that ile is sene Wytht gyrs growand ewynlyk grene c1420 Ib. iii. 23 (C).
Ayot … sa agil was in ficht That bath the left hande and the richt He ewynlik [W. evinlike] oyssit c1420 Ratis Raving 406.
Do thow rycht sa, than ar ȝhe meit, Ewynlik as athir part of det
