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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ferily, adv. Also: ferely, -lie, fiere-, feiralie, firelie. [f. Fery a.] Smartly, nimbly, actively. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 279.
Now ferily … Tyne nocht that tryvmphe eternale till optene a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 478.
Be na thing argh, tak ferily on hand 1513 Doug. xii. vi. 116.
[He] gan stynt hys horssis … And ferely dyd lepyng from hys cart 1528 Lynd. Dreme 12.
Sumtyme in dansing feiralie I flang c1550 Id. Meldrum 475.
Quhen thay saw him sa feirelie Loup on his hors sa galȝeardlie c1590 J. Stewart 31/42.
The King … Maist firelie from him [sc. his horse] did doune discend
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