A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Brutis(e, a. [e.m.E. brutisshe (c 1500), f. brute: cf. Brute a.] Brutish. —1569-73 Bann. Memor. 100.
Moir brutise [v.r. brutis] and moir barbarous then an etnick judge was
