A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1540, 1632-1633
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Bridill-, Brydill bit, n. [e.m.E. brydle bytt (1535), implied earlier in brydel bytter (c 1500).] The bit of a bridle.14.. Acts I. 337/2.
Fals bridill bittis and sterapis brokin 1501 Treasurer's Accounts II. 34; etc.
For ane bridill bit, bocht fra Henry Lorymair 1540 Ib. VII. 411.
Gevin … for bridill bittis, … and uther gair furnesit … to the Kingis stabill 1632–3 Misc. Spald. C. V. 104.
For furneissing of the brydillbytt, stirupe irnes [etc.]
