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: 1475-1495, 1577-1605
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Consel, v. Also: consyle. [Cf. Consel n. and Counsele v.] a. intr. To give counsel or advice. b. tr. To advise (a person).c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 1334.
The king gert charge thai suld the byschop ta; Bot sad lordys consellyt to lat him ga 1495 Acts Lords of Council 418/1.
Ordinand and consyland … Johne Ramsay to content … to the said Robert of Lundy the somme of thre hundreth merkisa1578 Pitsc. I. 67/4.
He conselled thame [to] exerceis … oppressioun wpoun the realme c 1605 Douglas Corr. 191.
I being consellit be phisitianis to send him to the baithis in Loren
