A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1490-1513
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Accept, p.p. [ME. (c 1380) and e.m.E. (16th c.), L. acceptus.] Accepted.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 18 (that na profet is accept in his cuntre). c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 22/14 (the werkis ar accept before God). 1513 Doug. xi. iv. 44 (my prayeris war not accept to nane of Goddis all).
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