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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1533
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(Bestelike,) Beistlik(e, a. [e.m.E. beestlyke (1526).] Beastly. —1533 Boece i. vii. 50 (quhilk contempnit ȝow as beistlike bodyis); 1533 Ib. 54 (this cruell beistlik pepill). c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 347 (ed. 1570).
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"Bestelike adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 26 Apr 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/bestelike>
