A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1513-1533
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Haltanely, Haltan(d)ly, adv. [Var. of Hautanely.] Proudly, arrogantly. —1513 Doug. x. xi. 98.
Richt haltandly, as curageus vnder scheyld 1513 Ib. xiii. vi. 40.
Haltanly [R. haltane-] in his cart … He skippis vp 1533 Boece viii. v. 257 b.
Fering that … suld haltanly … imagine sum displesoure ?1438 Alex. ii. 6967.
The bachleir That can avow sa haltanly
