A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Intermellé, -melle, adv. [? OF. entremellé.] In a confused group or crowd. —1375 Barb. xiv. 215.
Into the toune all commonly Thay enterit bath intermelle ?1438 Alex. ii. 4165.
Quhen thay of Inde and of Calde Burshit [sic] togidder thare intermelle Ib. 6212.
Lo, wirship, armour, and bounteis … Makis halely renk intermellie [:soldie] Ib. 7671.
The king … gart thame sit intermelle On carpettis that war fare to se
