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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1545
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Fag(g)ald, n. Also: flaggat, flagat. [Alteration of fagat Faggot. Cf. awald, scherald with the variants awat, scherat.] A faggot. —1489 Brus xvii. 615 (E).
Gret fagaldis [C. flaggatis] tharoff thai maid1489 Ib. 619.
Thai fagaldis brynnand in a ball [C. flagattis byrnand in a baill] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 774.
Fagaldys [v.r. faggaldis] off fyr amang the ost thai cast c1475 Ib. xi. 897.
Full feill fagaldys in to the dyk thai cast 1533 Boece viii. viii. 266.
Thai made the haddir in faggaldis 1535 Stewart 24509. 1535 Ib. 24518.
This ilk Congall … Richt mony fagald all that nycht gart mak Of falling wod 1545 Stirling B. Rec. II. 41.
Ger the moder cum to me & I sall tell hir how scho brynt hir faggald
