A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Conterfete, -foot, n. [ME. contrefete (c 1400).] A counterfeit. —1469 Acts II. 97/1.
Na deneris, … mytis, nor nain vthir conterfetis of blac mone 1611-57 Mure Dido ii. 644.
That new-found falshood, conterfoot of nature
