jan 1, 1630 - silly

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The former varied meanings included ‘simple’ and ‘trifling’, either of which might be applicable here. 1630 ‘He recalled that ... there had been kept at Bradford ... <i>a little sillie</i> market for corn, butter, cheese ... but not for cattle, horses or sheep’, Adwalton (BAS10/287). It could also be ‘blessed’ in earlier centuries, as in a variety of by-names: 1268 <i>William Selisaule</i> [soul], York (YRS12/265).

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