A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bedrite, Bedryt(e, v. P.t. bedrait, bedret. [f. Drite v.] tr. To foul with excrement.a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 450.
Thow bedrait hir, doun fra starn to stere c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 83.
He turnd his ers and all bedret [M. bedrait] him 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1154 (B).
This nicht ȝe sall bedryt [Ch. forfair] ane pair of stokkis 1560 Rolland Seven S. 38/28.
The Deill bedryte ȝow
