A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhill-time, -tyme, conj. [Cf. Quhil(l prep. 1.] Until. = Quhil(l conj. 1. Also quhill-tyme that, id.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2419.
Peleus … held him in covert Quhill-tyme that Pirrus suld come home c1475 Wall. v 400.
Of wer I will nocht ces Quhill tyme that I bryng Scotland into pes(2) c1475 Wall. vii 976.
Thar thai lugyt … Quhill tyme thai had forseyne thair ordinance 1514 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 28.
That the letteris producit be David Mynto is to be gewyne credence to … quhill tyme Allane Keyne produce letters of mair effect 1560 Rolland Seven S. 6443.
Euin still he stude … Quhill time he gat into hir hous entrie 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 209/58.
He ualkis both up & doun Quhill tyme he mett sum man of spreit Ib. 159/420.
