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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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Boreal(l, Borial(l, a. and n. [Late ME. boriall, e.m.E. boreal(l, L. boreālis.] a. adj. Situated in, coming from, the North. b. n. The North.a. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1685 (with blastis boreall). 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 8/4 (blastis boriall). 1549 Compl. 37/28 (the borial tropic of cancer); 48/33 (the pole artic boreal or septemtrional). 1560 Rolland Seven S. 18/8 (the borial blastis).b. 1535 Stewart 11134.
In oure boundis of the Boreall

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