A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Begardy, variant of Beggartie (beggary). —1544 Reg. Privy S. III. 115/2.
He ma nocht . . pay the saidis dettis . . without . . putting of him, his wyf and viii bernis to begardy
