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: 1475
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Wisly, adv. [ME and e.m.E. wisliche (c1175), wisluker (c1200), wissliȝ (Orm), wysly (Manning), wisli (1340-70), wisly (Chaucer), wischli (15th c.), OE wislíce.] Surely, certainly. —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv 63.
Als wisly God me sawe, Off this gret mys I sall amendis hawe
