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, 1560-1628
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Thriftles, Thrifles, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. þriftles (c1400), thriftlesse (1467), thriftles (1568), thriftless (1647); Thrift n.]
1. Worthless, useless.a1500 King Hart 503.
Quhen he had disportit him his fill, His courtlie cloke begouth to fayd of hew, Thriftles, threidbair, and reddy for to spill 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4070.
Scho is … Ane thriftles thing quhen scho beginnis to raif a1605 Montg. Flyt. 387 (H).
This thriftles thing is meit for ws, And for our craft comodious
2. proverb. Lacking in thrift; wasteful, improvident.a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 218.
A thrifles greive maks a gredie grainge a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 420.
Cairles, thriftles a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1591.
They are thriftles that are faltles
