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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: 1400-1568

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Foly, Folie, -ye, a. [ME. foly, foli (a 1300), f. fol, fool.] Foolish, irresponsible.14.. Acts I. 22/2.
Bot gif [L. nisi] he first fall in foly [L. stultam] ansuere
14.. Ib. 71/2.
Sayand it was for draddour of folye power
c1420 Wynt. ii. 1451 (W).
For thare foly presumptioun
c1420 Ib. viii. 1624.
A foly deid
a1500 Bernardus 27.
Foly expens but temporance is noy
1533 Boece ii. v. 66.
The foly attemptatis of Dovale and crymez be him committit
1533 Ib. iii. iv. 90.
Efter the folie custume of gentilis
a1568 Bannatyne MS 212 a/1.
O foly hairt, … Wincust with werry wardly wane plesance

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