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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Godfadirly, a. [f. Godfader,n.] Appropriate to a godfather — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow iii. 81.
Colkelby … bocht xxiiij hen eggis and with them socht To his gud sone for godfadirly reward
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