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: 1475, 1567-1568
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(Suddly,) Sudly, Soudly, adj. [Suddill v.] = Suddill adj., Suddillit ppl. adj. —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i 241.
Scho … A soudly [1570 suddillit] courche our hed and nek leit fall a1568 Bannatyne MS 244b/5.
Oft syis for lufe the lynnage lichtis law Rycht as the sone schynis on the sudly schaw