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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Surfetlie, -ly, -fatly, adv. [e.m.E. (once) surfetly (1502); Surfet adj.] Excessively, immoderately. —a1500 Seven S. 559.
[The bear] ete thaim [sc. the fruit] so surfatly That he mycht do na thing bot ly 1531 Bell. Boece II 15.
The furius cruelte of Scottis and Pichtis, be quhome new extorsionis ar daily devisit on us … and new tribute sa surfetly tane, that our guddis ar confiscat, and our bodyis pinit 1542 Prot. Bk. J. Chepman 47.
Thai suld do thair uter deligence for keeping of his wod of Alebank that … never ane of tham suld cut distroy surfetlie nor thoill it to be cuttit
