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: 1399-1452
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(Winly,) Wyn(n)ly, Wynely, adv. [ME and e.m.E. wunliche (Layamon), wynli (c1350), wynly (a1400-50); Win n.2] Finely, splendidly, handsomely, pleasantly. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxv 39.
Thare a bed wes wynely dicht Couerit of clathis ful bricht a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii 137.
Twa cronis mad wynnly Of spanyst rose & quhyt lely a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii 179.
Wynly a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii 456.
Angelis … thare sawlis vpe in hewine bare Vith thame in-to wynly fayre c1400 Troy-bk. i 225.
The stretis ware strautht & wynly maid Ritht lufly, bath lang & brad c1450-2 Howlat; 660 (A).
The pape and the patriarkis … Welcummit thaim wynly
