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: 1399-1420, 1519
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(Unreulit,) Unreulyt, ppl. adj. Also: unreullit, wnreulyd, -rewllit, -yt, -rewlyd. [ME and e.m.E. vnruled (a1395), vnrulyd (a1513); Reulit ppl. adj.] Unruly, disorderly: a. Of persons or their attributes. b. Of a place, states or conditions of affairs, etc. Cf. Unreuly adj. —a. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx 107.
Certis, vnreulyt ware my wil Gyf for the my-self I suld spil c1420 Wynt. v 4735.
Oure Lady … reprowyd [him] fast Off hys wnreulyd [C. wnrewllit, W. vnskilfull] wilfulnes c1420 Wynt. viii 3324 (W).
In fecht, Quhen men vnreullit are or vnrycht [C. rewllit ar noucht richt] Men may it nocht weill mend agane —b. c1420 Ratis Raving 393.
Gud quantice … can … Vnrewlyt ryot red in rest c1420 Wynt. v 3680.
Tharefore it worthys that resowne Wnrewlyd [C. Wnrewllyt, W. vnreullis habandoun] statys inbawdowne 1519 Acts Lords of Council MS XXXII 185.
The toun of Edinburgh was unreulit of the pestelence
