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: 1438, 1678
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(Unreulful,) Unrewlful, -ruleful, adj. [Reulful adj. (regular).] Of persons: Not subject to rule or government, unruly. —1438 Acts II 32/2.
Quhare thar is ony rebellys or vnrewlful mene within any castellys 1678 Wodrow Hist. I (1721) App. 191.
Spilling the country by unreasonable and unruleful men
