A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Congir ele, n. [e.m.E. (1602), f. conger, cunger (c 1300), OF. congre, L. congrus.] A conger-eel. —1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xxviii.
Thir lochis ar … ful of ostreis, hering, congir ellis, … with mony uthir fische