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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1540

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Drevel, v. Also: dreifl-. [e.m.E. drevyll (1514), ME. drevel, dryvele (14th c.).] intr. a. To live miserably. b. To think incoherently (in sleep). —1540 Lynd. Sat. Procl. 39.
In grit langour we leid our lyvis, Ay dreifland in diseis 1540 Ib. 2221.
I haue bene dreamand and dreueland of my ky

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