A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unfrely, -lie, adj. [ME vn-freli (Cursor M.); Frely adj.] Unattractive, unsightly. —c1450-2 Howlat 56 (A).
Quhy is … quod the fyle … My forme and my fetherem vnfrely [B. vnfrelie] but feire c1450-2 Howlat 851 (A).
The pure howlatis … falt and his foule forme vnfrely but faile c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 140b/35.
[The souters are] Fast vnfrely fowll flobbis and bubillis full lyk
