A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cleverus, a. [f. ME. clever.] Nimble, quick. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 86.
The bissart … was so cleverus of hir clvik, His bawis he micht not langer bruik, Scho held thame at ane hint
