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: 1375-1438, 1513-1606
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Mudy, a.1 Also: mody, mwdy, muddy. [ME. modi, -y, OE. módiȝ.For possible early forms in the surname Moodie, as Johannes Modi (1265), Willelmus Mudy (1365), etc., see Black Surnames 609–610.]Chiefly in verse and chiefly early.
1. Brave, bold, valorous; proud, haughty.(1) 1375 Barb. ix. 659.
He … ourcom mony a mody man 1375 Ib. xx. 394.
The … King of Balmeryne With mony a mwdy [E. mody] Sarasyne a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 319. ?1438 Alex. i. 1167. 1513 Doug. iv. xi. 52.
Thou Proserpyne quhilk … Art rowpit hie … In forkyt ways with mony mudy wight 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvii. 30.
For the boulkes of many muddy men that fell in that greene(2) ?1438 Alex. ii. 8968.
The soun was hie … Quhen the battales … War mellit, with mony a mudy word c1420 Wynt. ix. 909 (W).
The Erll Marcheall … That spak proud wordis and mudy
2. ? Angry, wrathful. transf.1560 Rolland Seven Sages 566.
Upon the sey … out throw the mudy wawis