A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Adest, prep. [Later Sc. adiest, adist, athist, perh. reduced from a this side.] On this side of — 16.. Hist. Kennedy 67.
Scho depairtit this lyff in Stiltoune, threscoir myllis adest Lundoune
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