A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Per-,) Peirandlie, adv. [Cf. Perance n., Perand ppl. a.] Apparently. = Apperandlie adv. —a1578 Pitsc. I. 273/24.
Ane … quhome they thocht maist peirandlie to haue bene the King
