A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Freschly, -lie, adv. Also: freischelie. [ME. freshly, fresly, freshliche (c 1325).] In a fresh manner; afresh.1375 Barb. xi. 192.
Vith baneris richt freschly flawmand Ib. xiii. 167.
Men so freschly ar fechtand 14.. Acts I. 378/2.
The quhilk [excuse] aw to be freschly pruffyt ?1438 Alex. i. 488.
I sit … Richt freshely flowand in my weid c1475 Wall. v. 800.
Off the formast rycht freschly doun thai ber Ib. vi. 245.
Wallace … Freschly him straik a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 626.
On fute freschly thai frekis feghtin thai fang a1500 Doug. K. Hart 173.
Fayr Calling freschlie on hir wayis ȝuid 15.. Clar. ii. 1451.
Gold and stonis … About hir schynit freschlie as the day a1578 Pitsc. I. 234/25.
[They] recounterit freischelie againe
