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: 1375, 1499-1500
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(Tharewithin,) Tharwithin, Therwithin, adv. [ME and e.m.E. þer wiðinnen (c1200), þer wiþ inne (c1320), there withynne (1447).] Within that place, within there. — 1375 Barb. iii 446.
Thai … war sa stad That thai na mete thar-within had Bot as thai fra thar fayis wan 1375 Barb. xix 658.
A fyscher … A litill loge … he maid, And thar-within a bed he haid a1500 Coll. St. Salvator 162.
Ane gret sepultur with ane ymage off our Saluiour liand therwithin
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