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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: 1400
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Merely, adv.1 [ME. (once) mærliche (Layamon), f. mere a. renowned, beautiful, noble, OE. mǽre, ON. mær-r.] Marvellously, beautifully. — c1400 Troy-bk. i. 337.
Ascendande wp the greces gray Rith merely maide of marble-stane
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