Show Search Results Show Browse

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

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Mussil(l)-scalp, -skawp, Mussel(l)-scalp, n. Also: mussiel-, mussle- and -scap(e, -skape, and mussi-scape. [Scalp n.: cf. e.m.E. muskleskalp (2552), musselscalfe (1557).] A mussel-bank, mussel-bed. 1496 Forres Chart. MS.
Cum omnibus piscibus et piscationibus musculis et le mussil skawpis [Reg. Great S. mussielskawpis]
1587 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 488.
To caus brek the swame of the mvssill scalp in the heavin of Leyth
1593 Culross I. 132.
Ane taxation … for the ancarage, mussell-scalp [etc.]
1611 St. A. Links 3.
The linkis of Sanctandrois … with the mussill scap to the watter of Edin as the samyn ebbis and flowis
1612 Acts IV. 517/2. 1612 Reg. Great S. 288/1.
Mussi-scape
1627 Calderwood VII. 573.
The ship runneth aground … upon the musslescape
1629 Reg. Great S. 484/2.
The ferry-cobill aque de Findorne, cum lie mussilskape
1663 Bentinck Dornoch 241.
Mussel scape

You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.

"Mussil-scalp n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 28 Mar 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/mussill_scalp>

27155

dost

Hide Advanced Search

Browse DOST:

    Loading...

Share: