A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Odly, adv. [ME. (14th c.) and e.m.E. odd(e)ly, odly.] Outstandingly: cf. Od a. 6. —a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow ii. 76.
Galland he wes … And of all vthiris odly the best archeir In ony land
