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: 1456-1533, 1597
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Bakbiting, n. Also: -byt(t)ing, -bitine. [ME. bakbytyng, bacbitunge (13th c.).] Backbiting, slandering. —1456 Hay II. 61/1 (throu envious langage of bakbyting). c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 67/10 (sclander, bakbiting, detractioun). c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 22 (in thair bakbytting). 1533 Gau 17/28 (of thair bakbitine). 1597 S. Leith Rec. 2 (behind his bak, quhilk we call bakbytting).
