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: 1375-1420, 1499-1590
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Kene-, Kein-, Keynly, adv. Also : ken-, kin-, kineand -lie [ME. ken(e)li, -ly, OE. cénlíce.] Boldly, fiercely, eagerly; loudly, violently.1375 Barb. v. 366.
His men sa kenly [E. keynly] helpit he than, That thai the chanser on thame van c1420 Wynt. iv. 1082 (W).
His stewart … claucht him kenely by the throt a1500 Doug. King Hart 223.
Thus come thay keynlie carpand one the cost 1513 Id. Æn. ix. xi. 3.
Thar bustuus bowys keynly do thai bend 1531 Bell. Boece I. 143.
The King … ran … amang the preis, quhair thay wer maist keinly fechtand a1578 Pitsc. I. 75/21.
His [the latter's] men did so kinlie that … they slew him [the other] cruellie a1578 Ib. (I).
The Scottismen inuironit round about him so kinelie c1590 J. Stewart 14/66.
Lyk … boustius bombards, quhan thay keinlie crak
