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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lul(l, Lule, Loll, v. [e.m.E. lull(e. ME. lulle(n (14th c.).] tr. To lull (to sleep). b. fig. To bring into a mistaken sense of security. —1590 James VI in Bruces of Airth xcvii.
I pray you lett not this calme lull the toune of Edinburgh asleip 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Sopio, to lule a sleepe 1626 Garden Worthies 54.
So Fortoun … lul'd me in her lape of late 1641 Dunkeld Presb. I. 351.
He did not preach Christ, but lolled his people in security by not preaching judgments
