A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Beout, Beowt(e, prep. Also inexact variant: beuth. [f. Out adv.] Outside of. —a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 286.
I haf hym lefte beowt the towne a1400 Ib. vii. 829.
Beowte the place a1400 Ib. xxix. 912.
He that … Went to met sir Placydas … beuth the tona1400 Ib. xlvi. 188.
Beout the dure


