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

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Ȝeme, n.2 Pl. ȝemmys. (Var. of Gem n.1). —a1400 Leg. S. iii 665.
Alhale, thu blissit croice, That is hallowit … Of Jhesu Cryste … And ennowrnyt as of ȝemmys [L. margaritis ornata] a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 380.
Ȝone man that schenis as a ȝeme I ame nocht dingne to lere … Fore angelis oft tyme sen haf I Repare til hyme

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