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: 1513-1586
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Are, Air, v. [Var. of Ere v., perh. after L. arāre.] To plough.1513 Doug. vii. viii. 140.
With ane hundreth plewis the land he aryt 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 44/4.
He vas arand the land vitht his auen hand at the pleuch 1586 Protocol Book of J. Robertsone 32.
Licience … to fawch, air, big, fald … vpone the half landis of Kynknoky
