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: 1500-1599
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Langsald, -saild, -saill, metathetic variants of Langsadil(l, -saidill n.1 Also comb. with bed. — 1535 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVI. (Jam. (1825) s.v. Comptar).
Ane compter rowndell, compter clayth, with twa langsaillis [pr. -faillis] 15.. Aberd. B. Rec. MS. (Jam. (1825) s.v. Copamry).
A langsald bed15.. Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVI (Jam. (1825) s.v. Langsaild bed).
Ane langsaild bed
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