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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.

Paschal(l, -ale, a. [Late ME. and e.m.E. pascalle (Lydgate), paschall(e (15th c.), F. pascal, late L. paschal-is. Cf. Pas(c)h(e n. 2.] Paschal, in the usual senses and collocations. —a1500 Bernardus 81.
In … haly tyme Paschale 1533 Boece ix. xvi. 329.
Twiching the celebracion of the Paschale solempnite Ib. xix. 338.
The Paschale tyme 1551 Hamilton Cat. 202.
The immolatioun and sacrifice of the Paschal lambe a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 117/20, etc. 1567 G. Ball. 43.
Paschall c 1588 Cath. Tr. 256/19 (see Pas(c)h(e n. 1 (7)). 1636 Re-examination of the Five Articles 6.
They sate down again to the second course of the Paschall supper

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