A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Beld. a.2 (Perhaps the p.p. of Belde v., used vaguely for alliteration and rhyme.) —c1450-2 Howlat 332.
Kene knychtis of kynd. … Blyth bodyit and beld Ib. 406.
Ilk branche had the birth burly and beld
