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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Better chepe, a. and adv. Also: cheip, chaip, chape. [Better a., Chepe n. Cf. Best chepe.] Cheaper; more cheaply.1472 Liber Aberbr. 168.
Becaus I haff the said tend … bettir chape than it is off waile
1557 Prot. Bk. A. Gaw 44.
Bettir chaip [by] fourty merk than he may have otheris
1567 Acts III. 41/1.
The alterationn of the price of vittallis nevir makis the ordiner bettir chaip
1578 Conv. Burghs I. 64.
That thay sall haif … better cheip seruice nor … in vtheris places
1604 Glasgow Weavers 50.
Nane of thame sall work onie linchie winchie of the roundest sort bettir chaip nor xxx d. ilk el
c 1650 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 144.
To maik ȝow quytt Burnbank better chepe then ȝow bocht itt

Better Chepe adj., adv.

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