Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Myth, adv. [ME. myþe, miþi (c 1320); cf. Meith a.] Gently, courteously. — c1450-2 Howlat 693.
All war merschallit to meit meikly and myth [: blyth, kyth, styth]
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Myth adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 3 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/myth_adv>