A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1475
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Snel(l, adv. [ME snell (Cursor M.), snelle (c1330); Snell adj.] Keenly, vigorously. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix 519.
Ȝet wes lewit hym a schele To schrape his scabbis rycht snel c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii 250.
He saw, As to his sycht, dede had him swappyt snell