A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1466-1597
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Finaly, -alie, Fynaly, -alie, adv. Also: fynalye, -allye, -alé, -ellie; finalye, -ally, -allie, -alé, finelie, -ily, -ili(e, fenelie. [ME. finally, finaly (c 1374).] Finally, in various contexts; in the end; last of all.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii. 482.
To thole gret payne & fynaly thare-for be slane c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 42/7.
To cum fynalie to eternale blis 1513 Doug. I. vi. 47.
At quhat cost of the warld finaly Sal we arrive c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3342.
Fynallie, he tuke the flycht. To saif hym self a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xcvii. 85.
Bot quhat sall this wirk finalie?(2) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1326.
Quhilkis determynand [were] fynaly The relik … to remayne with Vlixes 1466 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 396.
To delyuir and discerne the said actioune and finaly ende it 1529 Lennox Mun. 231.
It is appownctwat, commonyt, and fynalye compromyttyt [etc.] 1555 Wemyss Chart. 182.
It is apwntit and fynellye endyt betuyx honorabill personis, that [etc.] 1597 Red. Bk. Grandtully II. 316.
It is appountuat, aggreit, bandit and finalie endit(3) 1513 Doug. ii. Prol. 19.
Reid heir ȝour proper art; And fynaly, to specify euery part [etc.] 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 491.
Now, kyngis, I pray ȝow, fynalie [etc.] 1596 Dalr. I. 11/7.
Finallie [there are] verie mony strang castellis in thay partes
