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CRUCIFEE, v. ;Also crucifeh ( Dundee; )
Sc. forms of Eng. crucify.ne.Sc. 1979 Alexander Scott in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 70:
Our Scottish saunt
had a sair want
– got crucifeed,
he stuid on's heid.Sc. 1991 John McDonald in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 89:
I staun,
atween the gean an a deeper pairt o mysel
(that's the deepest pairt o awthing);
witness tae the stentless crucifeein
an the stentless resurrectin.Dundee 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 12:
they crucifehd wis, they crucifehd wis
o jeannie, eh'm sluppin awa