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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1537-1538, 1597
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Pedral, Pedderell, n. [Appar. Sc. var., with metathesis, of e.m.E. and ME. pedlar (Piers Plowman); cf. Pedler n. and Pegrall a.] a. attrib. or comb. That deals in a petty way, petty. Cf. Pegrall a. b. A pedlar, packman. — a1538 Abell 109 b.
For he ȝeid nocht to the pedderell thewis hes thai do now bot ay to the chiftanis … and the fosteraris of thewis 1597 Cal. Sc. P. XII. 552.
This is the puir pedral quhais pack was tane away in Berwick
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