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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Textuall, -ale, adj. [e.m.E. textuall (1570); Text n. 2.] Of or contained in the text; of the story. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 589.
This be ane fabill And ouerheillit wyth typis figurall, Ȝit may ȝe find ane sentence richt agreabill Vnder thir fenȝeit termis textuall [Harl. textuale]