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.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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(Bleritnes,) Bleiritnes, n. [e.m.E. blearednes (1563).] Blearedness. —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 641.
His bleiritnes [H. blairdnes] , to wisdome contrair
