A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1530, 1604-1605
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Precordial(l, adj. [e.m.E. (1542), med. L. precordialis cardiac, also, heartfelt, sincere, and cf. ME and e.m.E. cordial(le, -yal(l, in similar senses.] a. Cordial, hearty, warm and sincere. b. ? Comforting or cheering the heart. —1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 346.
Brether of court, with mynd precordial, To the gret God hartlie I commend ȝow a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxxiv 37.
Restore thairfore to glore precordiall My lif from stryf or knyf of Atropus
