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: 1540-1586, 1669-1693
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A, prep.2 Reduced form of o, Of prep.Corresponding to e.m.E. and Eng. dial. a. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 738 (B).
Quhat kynd a man a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS cviii. 9.
Of men a weir 1669–81 Haddington Mem. II. 194.
By aliuin a clok 1693 Lanark B. Rec. 249.
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