A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lewdlie, adv. Also: leudlie, -ly. [ME. lewdly (1477), lewed-, lewydly (c 1380), f. Lewd,a.] Wickedly, evilly, nefariously; licentiously. —1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 149.
Our wit aboundit and vsit was lewdlie, My wisdome ay fulfillit my desire c1590 Fowler II. 27/11.
In that point he hes als leudly & lounlie lyit, as in all the rest a1605 Montg. Sonn. lxiii. 10.
Thou art a knave So leudly on these lassis to haif leid 1611-57 Mure Sonn. xii. 6.
Thy epitaph sall … blaize abroad how leudlie thow hath liued 1616 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 168.
A man … so leudlie gevin to al vyces 1637 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II. 566.
That they [a convicted fornicator and her mother] have both leudlie behaveit themselffis in sindrie abominable crymes 1643 Banff Ann. I. 89.
[Persons] quho … live … leudlie and levishlie vpone vther menis guidis
