A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1520-1535
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Undedly, -dedelie, adj. [ME and e.m.E. undedlich (a1200), vndedly (Rolle), vndeedly (Wyclif), OE undéadlic; Ded(e)ly adj.] That cannot die, immortal. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi 152.
To wyt thane ful besy was he Gyf the sawle vndedly mycht be a1400 Legends of the Saints xlviii 33.
Thane byrd me wele my lord dred ay That is vndedly c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Tim. i 17.
To the … vndedelie [W. vndeedly, P. vndeedli] and vnuisibile God
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