A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1499-1500
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O, num. a. [ME. and e.m.E. (Layamon to Caxton) o, oo, midl. and south. form corresp. to A num.] One; a single. — c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2060.
Now this Agamenone … Had o sone gottin of his seid c1400 Ib. 3079.
And thai accord wele in o case a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 1640.
For o thing shal thow know a1500 Ib. 2954.
Furth by o syd assemblyng a1500 Bk. Chess 2088.
Fra scho be gone to o poynt and no mo
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