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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: 1562-1596

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Firm(e)lie, adv. [e.m.E. firmelie (1552).] Firmly. —1562-3 Winȝet II. 45/17.
That the thingis … in memorie mair firmlie may be kepit 1572 Satirical Poems xxxviii. 85.
I cannot trow firmely that Frenchemen ar cummen 1596 Dalr. I. 266/24.
That this band … he mycht ȝit firmlier confirme

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