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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: 1512-1655

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Monethly, adv. Also: monetht- and -lye, -l(i)e, -elie, munethlie. [e.m.E. monethlie (1603): cf. Monthli(e.] Monthly: every month; once a month; month by month.1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 275.
Takand monethtlie for his wagis feis and expensis five li. xvj s.
1516 Ib. V. 87.
Monethlye
1559 H. Balnaves in Keith Hist. App. 44.
By this you may calkill what twa thousand futemen … will tak monethlie
1560 Buke of Discipline 217.
[The Rector] shall … be halden monethlie to visie everie colledge
1569 Reg. Privy C. II. 23.
And sua furth monethlie upoun the first day of everie moneth
1570 Leslie 127.
The lordis of Scotland awaitit one the bourdouris monethelie be quarteris
c1590 Fowler II. 32/20.
Monethlye
1600 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 83.
The rest of the smaller burrowis to mak thair mwsteris, haillele, monethle
1612 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 328.
Monethlie
1637 Baillie I. 4.
So much Christian blood monethly shed
1640 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 215.
For meat and drink munethlie [etc.]
1655 Peebles B. Rec. II. 26.
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