A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1565-1602, 1678
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]
Libelling, vbl. n. [Libel(l v.: cf. e.m.E. (1587) defamation, slandering.] Drawing up in the form of a libel (Libel(l n. 4, and see Libellit ppl. a.). — 1565 Instit. Ct. Sess. 26 a.
That all summondis be direct ather ad instantiam or per libellum as the iudgis … thinkis expedient, … quhilk distinction of libelling or nocht libelling of the sumondis it is referrit to the arbitriment of the iudge 1601–2 Aberd. B. Acc. in Misc. Spald. C. V. 130.
At the libelling of ane summondis agains the tenentis of Tullo 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. (1699) i. xii. § vi. 74.
The difference betwixt the way of libelling is this, that, if the libel be only founded upon the acts against murder, then self-defence is receivable by way of exculpation to eleid this libel
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Libelling vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/libelling>
