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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bewist, n. Also: be-, bywiste, bewyst, [Early ME. bewist (bewyste), biwist, OE. biᵹ-, bíwist.] Abode, dwelling-place. —a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 861.
Halowit thar was that bywiste In honour of sancte Johnne the baptist Ib. xix. 268.
Hame he passit til his bewist Ib. xxvii. 834.
Forow Criste Ve sal eft met in his bewiste

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