A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1500-1512
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First, Fyrst, n.2 [ME. first, OE. first, fyrst.] = Frist n. (delay). — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 262.
Quhen thai the manere wist, The fat thai dyd do[u]n but mare fyrst a1400 Ib. xl. 398.
The bischope … bad hyme pas furth but ony first c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 341.
Efter lang first 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 106.
Gif your Lordschipe will tak sic tinsale betuix hand siluer and litile first
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