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: 1510-1582
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Quarnalit, -elit, Quarnald, Quernallit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Cf. Quarnall attrib., Quarral v., ? also ME carnele(n v. and Kirnel(l v. to crenellate and med. L. quarnellus a crenellation, battlement.] ? Having a square or quadrangular shape. Also four quarnalit, id. —c1510 Prester John 310b.
It [the palace] is maid owtwartly of christall stanis four quarnalit 1542 Inv. Wardrobe 64.
Ane small chene with thrawin and quernallit linkis 1582 Edinburgh Testaments XI 86b.
Ane litill chenȝe of gold quarnelit, … ane chenȝe of gold quarnald without knappis
