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: 1584-1585
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(Wodelyk,) Woodelyk, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. woodly (c1422), wodely (1513), OE wódlic.] Crazy. —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 765 (T).
Woodelyk hudepyk, ay lyk to live in lak!