A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Stubill, adj. [ME and e.m.E. stubul (Cursor M.), stubble (1562).] ? Clumsy, awkward; ? rough. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 253. (Harl.)
In stubbill array throw gres and corne, And vnder buskis preuilie culd thay [sc. the two mice] creip a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 520.
He saw na wappinis thair That the coilȝear bair Bot ane auld buklair And ane roustie brand ‘It is lyke,’ said Schir Rolland, … ‘That sic ane stubill husband man wald stryke stoutly’
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