A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Southwardly, -lie, adv. Also: sowthwartlie. [17th c. Eng. southwardly (1667); Southward adv.] a. = Southward adv., Southwardis adv. b. From the south. —a. 1558 Prot. Bk. Gilbert Grote 28.
And in lenth fra the said watter assendand vp sowthtwartlie quhill it cum to the rod or gait 1632 Lithgow Trav. x 443.
A large prospect southwardly towards the Evenise mountaines —b. 1596 Dalr. I 25/4.
This guse ȝeirlie in the spring tyme returnes to ws: quhairfra can na man tell: bot southwardlie
