A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1457-1512
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Mittal, Myttail, -ell, n. = Mittan(e n.2 — 1457 Acts II. 51/2.
Anent … foulys of reif as ernys. bussardis, gleddis and myttallis [1566, mittalis] the quhilkis distroyis bath cornis and wilde foulys c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 12 (M) (see Mittan(e n.2).
Myttell
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