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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1879

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†SOAE, n. A little tub or bucket. [′soe]Sh. 1879 Shetland News (5 June):
Lift aff da kettle an' fling da watter ower da air o' hay it's ootby i' da soae.

[Appar. a dim. form ad. Norw. så, id. The Sc. form, also common in Sh., is Sae, n.1]

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