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: 1399-1420, 1499-1500, 1572
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Stur(e)ly, Stwrly, adv. [Stur(e adj.] — a1400 Legends of the Saints l 1028.
Thane that tyrand … rathly ruschit to and fra, … & sturly stampit als, & steryt c1420 Wynt. viii 2103.
Wpe he stwrly [C. Sturdely] bruschyd the dure, And layd it flatlyngis in the flure a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 860.
The kene knicht in that steid stakkerit sturely 1572 Sempill in Sat. P. xxxviii 74.
Giue … we … hald vs togidder, Baith surely, and sturely, and stoutly gainstand thame
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