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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Both, Boith, a. and adv. Also: botht, boy(i)th. [e.m.E. and ME. both(e, midl. and southern form of bath(e Bathe a.] Both (in various constructions).(a) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1944.
Boith King Naulus & Oetus Ib. 2505.
Than come thai vp togiddir boith c1450-2 Howlat 324.
Boith in hall and in bowr Ib. 990.
Boith war thai dowis a1500 Lanc. 10.
Boith gyrs and flour Ib. 200.
Boith of loue and armys c1552 Lynd. Mon. 6207.
Boith est or west 1558-66 Knox II. 175.
Boith to deprave boith us … and yow a1568 Scott xxxv. 8.
Boith day and nicht 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 75.
Geue thay boith to heuin ascend 1570 Leslie 198.
Boith on hors bak and fuit 1574 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 115.
Syndery boyith of the citie and … upaland 1584 Colville Lett. 49.
Boyth power and valour(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 71.
Ȝour aureate tongis both c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 63.
Bothe in yhouth and eild 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 58.
Both day and nycht a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxiv. 19.
Sciens both and faythfull conscience a1578 Pitsc. I. 216/5.
They had ben botht hangit