A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cunt, n.1 Also: cwnt, kunt; count, cownt, counpt. [ME. cunte, counte, OFris. cunte, ON. kunta, etc.] The female pudenda.c1420 Wynt. iii. 876 v.r. (cwntis, cowntis, counptis). a1500 Henr. III. 151/37 (the count of ane sow). c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 140 b/22 (cow cuntis). a1540 Freiris Berwik 139 (M). 1540 Lynd. Sat. Procl. 145. a1585 Polwart Flyt. 817 (T). 1603 Philotus xcvi.
