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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1547-1548
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Sobirly, adv. [Prob. erron. for Soverly adv. (Cf. Surely adv. 3 in a similar sense.) But perhaps a special use of Sobirly(eadv.] Surely, securely. — 1547–8 Stirling B. Rec. I 52.
The said tenement … standand sufficiently in gret tymmer … and in kaboris, wattillis and stray, thak and devot, sobirly apperand watir ticht … and the said werk hous … weill wallit and tymmerit sobirly waterticht as said is
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