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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Myr(e)thak(e, n. (Myr(e n. 1; Thak n.: cf. bog-thack ‘thatch of reeds taken from a bog’, in the later dial. of Perthshire.) — 1442 Liber Melros II. 551.
Et predictus Robertus obligatus est dicta tenementa edificare … cum calce lapidibus quereo et ferro ac iliud teget cum myrthake in forma predicta
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