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: 1567-1568
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Moderfull, a. [Late ME. (c 1460), as befits a mother, motherly.] ? In the state of motherhood, pregnant. —a1568 Bell. in Bannatyne MS p. 5/138.
Quhen moderfull was the wirgine vndeflore