A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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On-no-wayis, -wayise, -ways, -vayis, anglicised varr. of On-na-wayis adv. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 37.
On no wayis content is he a1578 Pitsc. II. 168/25.
But on nowayise the protestantis wald fight witht thame Ib. I. 286/17.
On novayis 1593 Misc. Spald. C. I. 6.
