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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1597-1598
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Hurle-burle, Hurle-brough. (Reduplicated f. Hurl n. or v.: cf. e.m.E. (1539) and also 17th c. Sc. (e.g. Melville Mem. 400; Z. Boyd Four Lett. Introd. 6; Polemo-Mid. 115; etc.) hurly-burly, hurlie-burlie, commotion, tumult, turmoil.) Only in the south Sc. place-name Caput de Hurleburle (a 1240 Reg. Neubotle 104), Hurle burle swyre. — a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) No. 600.
Little kens the wife that sits by the fire how the winde blowes cold in hurle burle [Carmichael Hurle Brough] swyre
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