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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Prospering, ppl. adj. [Prosper v. 2.] Apt to promote prosperity. — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow ii 234.
Thairfoir, hald nocht pennyis our pretious Bot suffer thame pas prospering, commodious
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