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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wos, p.t. Also: vos, wasse, wais, waisse, wis. Pl. uas. [Earlier and additional examples of Be v.¹] a. = Be v.¹ 8 a. b. = Be v.¹ 8 b.a. 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 94.
Vpon the lute Than playt I twenty spryngis, perqueir, Quhilk wos gret piete for to heir 1545 Corr. M. Lorraine 146.
It is leis nor it wos becas he is sa lang in cuming 15… Newbattle Chart. MS (Reg. H.).
Ane pec land … of the samyn quantyte and mesur that the land grantit and gewin to hyme vos diuidit be crag stanis(b) 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 243.
As … Holopharne be Judeth keillit wasse … So was I slane(c) a1500 Colk. Sow i 472.
Wais 1564 Peebles B. Rec. I 296.
James Robesoun allegit that he wais on the Counsaill be the spaice of viij yeris c1640 Fam. Innes 232.
I confesse it [sc. money] waisse to layttill but I must have patyence(d) 1679 Salmon Borrowstounness 117.
Ye … wis at several mettings with the devill in the linkes of Borrowstounesb. 1684 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. 3 Ser. XXXVI 174.
William Clerk and James Mcmichell uas in ther respective houses quhen the rebellis uent in the same