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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Sleylies, adv. Altered form of Slely adv. a. — a1500 King Hart 733.
Be cunning … I sall thame … begyle … My solace sall I sleylies thus our syle
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