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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wele smelland, Weil smel(l)and, ppl. adj. [Late ME welle smellynge (c1400); Smelland ppl. adj.] Fragrant, pleasant to smell. —c1420 Ratis R. 155.
Quhilk is weil-smeland suet odore And quhilk is stinkand aire vnpure c1420 Ratis R. 159.
A man may sic odore feill, Sa weil-smeland … It may mak syk recomforting Tyll hed and hart … Quhar-throw a sek man heil may have 1513 Doug. vi xvi 28.
The weil smelland [Ruddim. wele smelland] cedyr byrnys bright
