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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Peter. [Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Christ.] Used as an exclamation or quasi-oath. — a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 87.
For first to lofe and syne to lak, Peter, it is schame
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