A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1540-1569
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Paddo, Padow, n. [Sc. var. of Pad(d)ok n.1 Also in the mod. dials. of Scotland (as puddy, paddy, -o, pawdie, etc.) and north. England.] A frog or toad. — a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 770.
A fowle padow at the laste He keste c1420 Wynt. ii. 574 (W).
Paddois c1420 Ib. V. 602.
Paddo 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1381 (B).
Quhat and the paddois nipt my tais? — 1569 Berw. Nat. C. XXIV. 424.
Paddowcleucheheid
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