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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lest, ? p.p. of Lace v. 1 or ? erron. — a1500 Peblis to Play 174.
‘How feill ȝe, sir?’ ‘As my girdin brak: Quhat meikle deuill may lest me [: drest, kest, rest, me]?’