A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1552-1623
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Ȝowt, Ȝout(t, Ȝewt, n. [Ȝowt v.] A cry, only in collocation with Ȝell n.1, q.v. for further examples. — c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1418.
Ȝowtis c1552 Lynd. Mon. 6002.
Than sall those creaturis forlorne Warie the hour that thay wer borne, With mony ȝamer, ȝewt, and ȝell 1567 Satirical Poems iii 189.
Cerberus … Sall gar hir cry, with mony ȝout and ȝell 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 81/7.
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