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: 1499-1513, 1604-1605
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Nimlie, Nymiy, -lie, adv. Superl. nymlyast, -est, nymblest. [e.m.E. nimbly (1600), ME. and e.m.E. nem(e)ly (a 1350), e.m.E. neembly; f. Nimmill a.] Nimbly. —a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 544.
Nymly he clam wp in the tre 1513 Doug. viii. vii. 161.
Lat se Quha nymlyast [v.rr. nymlyest, nymblest] can cum and turn thar handis a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 13 (W).
So nymlie [L. nimlie] and trimlie Thir birdis flew me by
