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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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Ȝet(t, ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. ȝette (c1450), ȝettyd (Cath. Angl.); Ȝet(t v.] Of rain: (Having been) poured doun. —1513 Doug. ix xi 12.
Als violent as euer the ȝet [Ruddim. ȝett] doun rane Furth of the west doith smyte apon the wald

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