A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Albernat, n. ? —1570 Leslie 211.
The Protectour [of England] caused prepair tua thousand . . horsmen of chosin men, of the quhilkis thair wes iij hundreth albernattis, a thousand demilances [etc.]