A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Belch (belghe), n.1 [ON. belg-r bag, belly.] Belly. —c1420 Wynt. iii. 47.
He … put it [the dagger] in his wame … And leyffyt it stekand in his belch [W. belghe]
