A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456
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Hel(e)-, Heilesum, a. [ME. (once) helsum (c 1400), f. Hele n.2 Only in early texts. Cf. Hale- and Helsum.] Wholesome; salutary. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 593.
Helsum consale sekyrly Thé tuk, quhen [etc.] a1400 Ib. xliii. 150.
Sene that thu Has trewit heilesum consel now 1456 Hay II. 137/25.
Sum fische … ar mare helesum na othir 1456 Ib. 140/30.
Claret wyne that is mare helesum till all complexioun
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