A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Arare, var. of Erare adv. rather. —1622-6 Bisset I. 51/24.
We . .haldis ws . . nocht as favouraris of lymmeris, bot arare defendaris of oure realme