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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: 1456, 1540-1610, 1662

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Hidling(i)s, adv. and n. Also: hidlynes, heidlangs. [ME. (rare) hidlynges (1422), hodlinges (a 1225), f. Hid ppl. a. Common in the same uses in the mod. dial.] a. adv. Secretly, covertly. b. In hidlings, in secret, secretly. c. n. pl. Hiding- or secret places.a. 1456 Hay I. 259/32.
Gif ony man has slayne ane othir secretely and hidlynes
1540 Lynd. Sat. 1455.
In Rome I could get na ludging, Bot heidlangs in the mirk
1662 Edinb. B. Rec. IX. 299.
[That] no person quho brings in their butter in great sell the same hidlings bot in the common mercat of this brugh
b. 1562-3 Winȝet II. 33/18.
It is a grete temptatioun, quhen that man … suld inbring in hidlingis pestilent errouris
1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 171.
He choosit to blame … my father, albeit tacite in hidlings and at peecemale
c. a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 30 (Wr.).
I saw the hurcheon and the hare In hidlings hirpling heere and there
a1605 Ib. 750 (W2).
Thair is na bounds bot I haue bene Nor hidlingis from me hid

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