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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nocht-the-les, Nochtheles, adv. Also: noght(e)- and -lese and noch-the-les. [Cf. Natheles, Netheles, None-the-les, and also Notheles, Nocht-les and Not-the-les.]
Nevertheless, none the less.a1400 Leg. S. i. 605.
The quhilk Petir nocht-the-lese Conuertit Ib. iii. 604.
And wenis nocht-the-les That I suld [etc.] Ib. xv. 137.
Debonare wes he nocht-the-les 1513 Doug. xii. vi. 163.
He nocht the les agane hys fa furthsprent 1531 Bell. Boece I. 19.
Nochtheles, he wald glaidly avise with his nobillis Id. Livy I. 38/30, 115/30; etc.
Nochttheles 1549 Compl. 2/27.
Bot nochtheles Gode [etc.] Ib. 6/24.
Ȝit nochtheles ther disordinat intentione [etc.] 1553 Reg. Privy C. I. 141.
Nochttheles 1557 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 3.
Nochtheles 1559 St. A. Kirk S. 348.
Nocht the les 1559–60 Soc. Ant. XI. 521.
And yit nochtheles is content [etc.] a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 117/14.
And nocht the les he is verraly God Ib. 112/10; etc.
Nochttheles 1562-3 Winȝet I. 65/31.
To quhome nochttheles we aucht dew obœdience Ib. 9/24.
Nochtheles 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 42.
The quhilk albeit it be small of corporance noghttheles it is of ane strange nature 1572 Canongate Ct. Bk. 373.
Nochttheles a1578 Pitsc. II. 29/4.
Nocht-the-les 1582 Crim. Trials I. 103.
And nochttheles [etc.] 1585 James VI Ess. 47.
Noghttheles c1590 Fowler II. 38/10.
Ȝit thairto nocht the les resisting Ib. I. 146/13.
Nochttheles Ib. II. 162/5.
Nochtheles ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1818) 29.
Noch the les it is fertile 1602 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 7.
Nochttheles 1622-6 Bisset I. 51/21.
