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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.

Festival(l, -ale, a. Also: festyv-, festywalle. [ME. festivall(e, festival (14th c.), OF. festival, med. L. festivalis.] Festival.a1400 Leg. S. xl. 735.
The quhilk fertir men beris ay … Vith festiuale processione
c1420 Wynt. v. 2082.
For that caus the Romanys hale All that yhere held festywale
Ib. 5681.
The exaltatyowne festyvalle Off the croys
1443 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 7.
That the said breid sall nocht be sauld at nane of the said festivall tymes bot endurand aucht days
1524 Chart. S. Trin. 258.
We will the said Maister Hary Henrysoun … to be at hie solempne festiual tymes with ws … at the mes and ewin sang
a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxix. 77.
To keip the festiuall and fasting day

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