A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Colubre, n. [L. coluber m., colubra f.] A snake. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxi. 397.
Na serpent has a hed sa fel, … As the hed of the colubre is Ib. xlv. 259.
Twa colubris [L. colubros] rycht fellone Befor hire he gert lay done
