A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bay, a. and n.3 [e.m.E. and ME. bay, F. bai, L. badius.] Bay-coloured; a bay horse. —a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 556.
On stedis … blanchart and bay 1535 Stewart 25725.
Occa his sone … Vpoun ane bay out of the feild him bair
