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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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Quotation dates: 1513

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(Bir,) Byr, v. [f. Bir,n.] intr. To fly with force or with a whirr.1513 Doug. ix. ix. 134; 1513 Ib. x. xiii. 50.
Ane gret staf slung, byrrand wyth felloun weght 1513 Ib. xi. xv. 80.
The byrrand sovnd this flycht maid thar

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