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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420, 1639
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Hugely, adv. Also: hugisly, hudg(e)ly. [ME. hugely, -li (c 1380).] To a huge extent or degree. — c1420 Wynt. ii. 496.
Thai ferlyid off this hugely [C. hugisly]c1639 Mure Psalmes xxv. 11.
My iniquitie … is hudgly great
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