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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

O, indefin. art. Irreg. anglicized var. of A indefin. art.: cf. O num. Common in Troy-bk. and Lanc., otherwise rare. —a1400 Leg. S. ii. 652.
Throw o custum of his barnehed
c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 205 (C).
O thyng full mekill wirteous
Ib. 218, 1008, 1515; etc. a1500 Colk. Sow iii. 67.
Lyk o sede sawin in erd
a1500 Lanc. 1671.
O kingis word shuld be o kingis bonde
Ib. 3331.
He farith as o lyone or o beyre
Ib. 45, etc. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 1559.
Ye look lyk the toyt of o tyred yad

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