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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aft, adv. [Late form of Oft adv., with a for o before f.] Often. Also in comb. aft-tymis.(1) 1455 Edinb. Chart. 80 (als aft as thai pas thairto). 1529 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 396 (als aft and how aft it sall mister). 1552 Reg. Cupar A. II. 104 (als aft as thai pleis). 1596 Dalr. I. 49/32 (after than ance). 1609 Crim. Trials III. 16 (as I said aft to ȝour self). 1642 Aberd. B. Rec. 280 (so aft as they be found swearing).(2) a1568 Bann. MS. 244 b/7*.
Aft tymis lufe cheisis ane vnlyk chois