A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1590
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Sturtsum, -some, adj. [Sturt(e n.] Quarrelsome, contentious, vexatious. — a1570-86 Maitland in Maitland Folio MS 316/56.
Than gredynes said withe ane sturtsum cheir Quhat mekle deill brocht thir tuay harlatis heir 1570 Satirical Poems xi 51.
Throw thé is raisit sturtsum stryfe a1585 Polwart Flyt. 129 (T).
I … counsell thé For till eschew this sturtsome stryf, And with thy manlie maister grie c1590 J. Stewart 164/6.
Treuth is victorius … Treuth for na troubill sturtsum vill not tyir
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