A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1571
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Negart-,) Nigardlie, adv. [e.m.E. niggardly (1530), nygerdly (1534).] Niggardly, parsimoniously. —1571 Ferg. Serm. iii Malachi Sig. B. iii b.
Delt sa … nigardlie and fraudulentlie with the preistis
