A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1533, 1650
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Pridefully, Prydfullie, adv. [f. Prideful(l,adj.] Proudly, haughtily, arrogantly. —1533 Boece 91 b.
Romanis pridefully [L. superbissime] stiling thame self lordis of the warld & avanting thame 1533 Ib. 92 b.
How pridefully apoun pepill subiectit thai vse thare domynion 1533 Ib. 345. c1650 Spalding II 354.
The ane factioun croppit the calsey couragiouslie, prydfullie, and disdanefullie; the vther factioun wes forsit to walk humelie c1650 Ib. 256.
