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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1587-1599
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Altern, a. [L. alternus every other.] Of a fever: Recurring on alternate days. — 1587-99 Hume 94/22.
A feuer alterne, quhilk vulgarly wee call the Excesse
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