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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1508, 1581-1629
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Fidill, Fiddill, n. Also: fydill, fiddell, fidle, feidil. [ME. fydel, fidel(e, fithel, fiðele (c 1205).] A fiddle. c1450-2 Howlat 761.
The lilt pype and the lute, the fydill in fist 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. ii. v.
Thair instrumentis all maist war fidillis lang a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 507.
Tak thé a fidill or a floyt 1581 Cath. Tr. 172/1.
Ane change … From threid, seyme, and neidil, To danse at the feidil 1629 Elgin Rec. II. 211.
Their faces seimed whyt … but ther backis were bos lyk fidlesattrib. 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 236.
Ane buist of fiddill stringis
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