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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Consel, v. [Cf. Conseln. and Counsel v.] a. intr. To give counsel or advice. b. tr. To advise (a person).c1475 Wall. xi. 1334.
The king gert charge thai suld the byschop ta; Bot sad lordys consellyt to lat him ga
a1578 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

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