A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Selcouthly, adv. [ME sellcuþlike (Orm), selcouþloker compar. (Manning); Selcouth adj.] Strangely, wonderfully, marvellously. —a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 678.
Selcouthly in seir he wes set suttelly; Blyth byrdis abufe and bestiall full bene, Fyne foullis in fyrth [etc.]
