A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
(Hele-,) Heilfully, adv. [f. Hel(e)ful(l,a.] Prosperously. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1485.
To that may nocht without counsell … avale Heilfully [L. salubriter] ȝour dayes to leid
