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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Breif, n.1 [App. a variant of breith Brethe n.1] Anger. — 15.. Christis Kirk 171.
The toun soutar in breif [B. greif] was boudin 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 186/12.
Inuy was, and is euer mair, with breif and baill
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