A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Plicht-, Plychting, vbl. n. [Plicht, v.] The action of plighting (one's troth). — 1513 Doug. iv. vi. 69.
Be our treuth plychting [Ruddim. plichting] eyk And be our spowsage begunnyn
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Plychting vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/plychting>


