A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bedreid, v. [Late ME. bedred p.p.] intr. To fear. —1570 Sat. P. xxii. 64.
Dirtin bedreidis, the prouerb sayis of auld