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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Ȝet, Ȝeitt, p.t. [Var. of et, eit, p.t. of Ete v.] tr. Ate. — a a1400 Leg. S. vi 100.
Hundis ete hym to thare fud & a blak hund that ves nere-hand Quhen thai hym ȝet, gat his richt hand a1400 Leg. S. vii 54.
Wyne & cesare drank he nocht, Na ȝet na flesche a1400 Leg. S. 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