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: 1567-1589
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Moderly, -lie, a. [ME. and e.m.E. moderly, early ME. moderliche, OE. módorlic. Cf. Motherlie.] Befitting a mother, motherly. —a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 23.
His wyff … layit by hir moderlie sorow, … and began to confort hir husband 1567 Reg. Morton I. 23.
Hir maiesties moderlie affectioun towartis him 1588–9 Protocol Book of J. Inglis 21 Feb.
For the moderly luiffe scho beris on to … hir lauchfull begottin sone
