A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1550-1586
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Motherlie, Mothirly, a. [e.m.E. motherly (1530).] = Moderly a. —c1550-60 Arundel MS. 289/308.
Haill Mary … be with me … with thy mothirly piete a1586 Maitland Geneal. Setoun 19.
Her motherlie sorrow
