A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1513
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Kemmit, -yt, Kemd, p.p. and ppl. a. [Kem v.] Combed. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 222.
Quhyte hair as gold kemmit and sched abak c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 21.
Kemmit was thair cleir hair c1500-c1512 Id. lxxv. 8.
His bony beird wes kemmit [B. kemd] and croppit 1513 Doug. x. xiii. 177.
Hys ȝallow lokkis … That ayr war kemmyt and addressyt rycht 1513 Ib. xiv. 13.
Hys weil kemmyt berd
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