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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1586
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Ȝet, Ȝeitt, p.t. [Var. of et, eit, p.t. of Ete v.] tr. Ate. — a a1400 Legends of the Saints vi 100.
Hundis ete hym to thare fud & a blak hund that ves nere-hand Quhen thai hym ȝet, gat his richt hand a1400 Legends of the Saints vii 54.
Wyne & cesare drank he nocht, Na ȝet na flesche a1400 Legends of the Saints xi 376.
Al that nere thame ȝed or rade, Thai slew & ȝet thame but abade —(b) 1586 Forres B. Ct. 13 June.
And the heill victuall that the said Jhone Dunbar acclemit fra the said Jhone Anderson that his gudis ȝeitt in to his ȝarde
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