A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420-1599
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Manly, -lie, adv. Also: mand(e)ly. [ME. manli, manly (Cursor M.), monly, -liche, manlike (13th c.), OE. mannlíce.] In a manly manner, manfully, valorously, sturdily.(a) ?1438 Alex. i. 671.
With lymmys square and manly maid ?1438 Ib. ii. 9100.
Alexander … Raid manly c1450-2 Howlat 497.
Thar with on Mahownis men manly he mellit a1500 Henr. Fab. 1477. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 202. 1531 Bell. Boece I. 67.
Fechtand manly 1535 Stewart 44138.
The erle Dauid, quhilk manlie on him tuke The watche that nycht 15.. Christis Kirk 67 (B). 15.. Clariodus i. 19. a1578 Pitsc. II. 306 (1814).(b) c1420 Wynt. v. 5661.
Heraclius … Slwe this tyrand mandely [: frely] c1420 Ib. 5716 (C).
A manly knycht … to Rome come and mandly Merencyus he slew in feycht
