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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: 1399-1400, 1460-1500

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Fastly, adv. Also: fastlie, -lee. [ME. fastely (15th c.), fastliche, OE. fæstlíce.] a. Firmly; definitely. b. Closely, almost.a. a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 182.
He … luffit Criste mar increly Than the laf did, richt fastly
a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 681.
Quhen scho fastly had espyid [that] He bowned him and wald nocht byid
b. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 228.
Now is our buik brocht fastlee till ane end
c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 1112.
Allace, thi help is fastlie brocht to ground
c1500 Fyve Bestes 246.
He … saw that it was day, Said kirk and worschipe fastly war away

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