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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1585

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Halfly, Halfelie, adv. [f. Half a.; also in e.m.E. (1565).] = Half adv. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 1418.
Til hyme that halfly-slepand lay Sancte Niniane cane apere 1585 in Calderwood IV. 455.
As some time it was proponed and halfelie granted

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