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: 1515-1520
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Per, prep.1 [L., ME. and e.m.E. = through, by.] a. See A-per-se n. b. (Written) by the agency of, written or copied by. — c1515 Asloan MS I. 298 colophon.
Explicit the spectakle of luf per M. G. Myll c1515 Ib. II. 88 colophon.
Heir endis the sevyn sagis per M. Io. Asloan 1520 Grant Chart. 65.
Thair proper seilis togiddir with thair subscriptionis manualis per penman of the saidis Johne the Grant and Ewin Allansone
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