A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1531-1640
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Il(i)s-, Illis-, Yllisman, n. Also: Yllisch-. [f. Ilis, Ile n.1, Ill(e n.1] A man of the Western Isles, a Hebridean. —c1420 Wynt. vii. 642 (W).
Sodanely apon him then A company come of the Ylis men 1531 Bell. Boece I. 284.
Ane gret cumpany of Ilis men [L. Hebridianorum militum cohortem] a1578 Pitsc. I. 29.
Of grett oppressioun maid by the yllismen a1578 Ib. 263/11.
Money of the fer norland men and illis men1610 Reg. Privy C. VIII. 615.
With these Yllischmen1640 Haddington Mem. II. 182.
Appointments … mad with sum ilsmen
