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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: 1475
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Ferdly, Ferdely, adv. [f. Ferd ppl. a.] In fear; anxiously. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv. 244.
Ferdely thai rais that war in to thai wanys c1475 Ib. vii. 255.
Ferdly scho ast, ‘Allace, quhar is Wallace?’
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