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: 1513-1610
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Huly, Hulie, adv. Also: hully. [Northern ME. holy, huly (a 1340), ON. hóflega, Norw. hovlege. Current in later Sc., usually as hooly, and in northern Eng. dialect.] Moderately, slowly, gently.1513 Doug. vi. v. 127.
Huly and fair onto the cost I swam 1533 Bell. Livy I. 232/12.
Gif Appius desirit thame to haisty thare passage, thai past huly 1533 Boece xv. i. 575.
This venom … huly at lenth gnawand and nyppand the intrellis 1535 Stewart 11299.
As tha raid richt hulie ouir the fell a1568 Scott v. 70.
Weit ȝour lippis & labor hully [: Julij] a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxiii. 11.
Sum in the Cessioune lyis owr lange And hulie speiddis a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 396.
Quod Danger, ‘Hulie, friend, tak heid’ a1605 Ib. 1278.
Friend, huly, hast not half sae fast 1600-1610 Melvill 33.
I saw him everie day … go hulie and fear a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 8 b.
Hulie and fair, men rides far journeys
