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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1520-1535, 1596
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Hali-, Halylie, adv. [Northern ME. halily (c 1450), ME. holily etc.] Holily, sacredly, solemnly. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Thess. ii. 10.
God and ye ar witnessis how halilie [Wycl. holili] and iustly [etc.] 1596 Dalr. I. 81/17.
Sum of thame … quhen thay sueir that aith, than thay think that thay surelie, solemlie and halylie haue suorne 1596 Ib. 123/32.
Haue al thy graues halilie drest, and with the sygne of the croce decore
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