A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Rewfully, Reufully, adv. [ME and e.m.E. reufulli (Cursor M.), rewfully (c1485), ruefully (Spenser), earlier ME reufulike (c1220); Rewfull adj.] Sorrowfully; regretfully; pitiably. —a1400 Legends of the Saints vi 321.
The kinge … fel doune til his fete, & askit mercy reufully a1400 Ib. xxiv 414.
Ful rewfully hyme demanyt he
