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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1499-1500, 1552

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Araby, n.1 Also: Arabye, Arrabie, Arrabe. [ME. Arabye (c 1300), e.m.E. Araby, OF. Arabie, L. Arabia.] Arabia.1375 Barb. i. 539 (Affryk, Arrabe, Egipt). a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 555 (beȝond Iordane in Araby). c1420 Wynt. i. 882 (nest lyis the land off Araby). a1500 Bk. Chess 1467 (a man of Arabye). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2061 (the king of Arrabie).

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