A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1456, 1515-1560
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(Manlik,) -lyk, Manlike, -lyke, a. [Early ME. man(n)-, monlich(e, -lyche, and e.m.E. manlike, -lyke (c 1470): see note to Like a. E.] = Manly a.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 191.
Quod he ‘Thu ma wele cal thé man, For, tho thu be a woman, Manlyk ar thi dedis al’ c1420 Wynt. viii. 2125.
Wyth that he fayre wes, and plesand, Manlyk, stowt, and liberale c1420 Ib. 3252, 4156.
Manlyk men c1420 Ib. 3693.
Manlyk assayling c1450-2 Howlat 155.
Manlyke 1535 Stewart 60548.
The Bruce he wes … Manlike, weill maid and of ane large stature 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 969.
Than this ȝoung man ful richt inanlike & meik Bowit doun his heid(2) 1456 Hay I. 19/24.
The quhilk well of manlyk lufe and kyndenes He schew us wele the day of His passioun 1456 Ib. 20/5.
In him ar twa willis bath manlyke and godlyke c1515 Asloan MS I. 299/9.
In twa maneris angelik and manlyke
