A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Welthfully, adv. [e.m.E. wealthfully (1540).] In circumstances of abundance or riches. —a1400 Legends of the Saints l 178.
I … Ame dochtir to the king … & succedis till hyme as ayre Of renttis [etc.] & borne I wes in this cite, And welthfully fosteryt