A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brumaill, -ale, a. [L. brūmālis; hence also e.m.E. brumall (1646).] Wintry. —1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 14.
Tha schort days that clerkis clepe brumaill