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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Sum way, adv. [Late ME and e.m.E. sum way (c1450); Sum(e adj. and Way n.] ? In some way; ? to some extent. — a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1616.
Ȝit will I tell & to God pray That it may proffet ȝow sum way
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