A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alset, Allset, conj. [All adv.; Set conj.] Although.a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 164.
Ilkane lufyt [= lived] as hym lyste, But sperynge ane of ony vthyre, Al-sat [sic] he vare his awne bruthir Ib. xxxi. 206.
For in thaim wes humylyte, … Al-set thai ware of hee degre 1456 Hay I. 105/13.
I traist nocht it be lefull na resonable, alset it war the Emperour Ib. 163/36.
Allset he war outhir king or emperoure