A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bouté, Bowté, rare variants of Bewté. —a1400 Leg. S. xxviii. 93.
Scho wes of sik boute That it wes wondir for to se 1461 Liber Plusc. 387.
Scho was off bowte mare perfyte