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† ˈminstraly Sc. Obs.
Forms: 4 menstrely, 4, 6 -traly, 6 menstrallie, -tralie, -ye.
[f. minstrel + -y.]
= minstrelsy.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiii. (George) 191 Til haf had menstrely & in all degre haf mad mery. Ibid. 662 Þane wes mad gret Ioy in hy with syndry kynde of menstraly. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxviii. 13 For mirth, for menstrallie and play. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 65 Appollo..vitht his sueit menstralye. 1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 37 Quhen that he..hard the menstrallie [v.r. menstraly] anone, The dansing, and the greit blyithnes [etc.]. |