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: 1499-1599
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Gastly, G(h)aistly, a.2 [ME. gastly (1390), gastlich (c 1305), e.m.E. ghastly (1576), f. gast v.] Terrifying, ghastly. — a1500 Henr. III. 156/3 (B).
With gaistly sicht behold oure heidis thre 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 19.
Of the deth feil gastly schaddowis 15.. Clariodus iii. 1523.
His paill visage was gaistlie for to se c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 175 (R).
Thy ghaistly luke fleys folkis that pas thé by
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