A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ate laif, Ait loaf, n. Also: aitt, aeit, aet. [Ate n.] An oaten loaf; a loaf of oat-bread.1529 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 17.
That quhat persone that baikis ony aitt laiffis that thai be gude stuff and fresche 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 208.
For the quhilk and his seruice, he sall haue dailie … ane ait laif 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 12.
The said brether of the baxteris are dischargeit to sell ony aitt laives 1600 Ib. 280.
That na … caik baxteris haif ony … ait laifis except hors breid to sell in thair houssis 1629 Ann. Banff I. 61.
Aucht aeit loaves to be bakin out of the peck 1631 Ib. 66.
Sex aet loaves 1653 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 136.
The tuo shilling whyt loaf … and the twelff d. ait loaff
