† friscajolyadj.
Obsolete.
Used as a refrain for jovial songs; also attributive.
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friscajoly?1520
nonny-nonny?1535
nonny-noc1550
trim-tram1583
fa-la1595
Lillibullero1688
folderol1701
twinkum twankum1729
tol-de-rol1765
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bijv Synge fryska Ioly with hey trolyloly.
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aiiv Stoicall studiantes, and friscaioly yonkerkyns.
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Fijv Now shall I be able, to..make frowlyke chere, with hey how fryska Jolye.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. N5v Thou seest, how friske, and iolly now he is.
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adj.?1520