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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1879-1897, 1949

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LUNGASÜTE, n. Also lungga-, -süt, -suut; -sott (Jak.). A disease of the lungs, esp. in cattle and sheep (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl.). [′luŋgɑsøt]Sh. 1879 Shetland Times (22 March):
It's shürely Uncle Johnnie's kye gorin' ane anidder i' da byre, or else ane o' dem i' da lungasüte.
Sh. 1897 Shetland News (4 Sept.):
Mam tought rigga hed da lungasüt.
Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 132:
Oh, lass, I needna geng farder, yons da lungasuut an hit'll hae ta be kuured at wance.

[O.N. lungnasótt, lung-sickness. O.Sc. has lungessouth, a.1350, from O.E. suht, disease.]

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