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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1450-1452
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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]
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"Myth adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/myth_adv>
