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: 1499-1500
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Famule, v. [ME. famelen (15th c.), e.m.E. famble (1611), to mumble.] tr. To impair in speech. —a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow iii. 142.
Laking teith famvlit hir faculte, That few folk mycht consaue hir momling mowth
