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.2 [OF. cunte.] = Count n.1 —a1400 Leg. S. xxvi. 225.
[We must] gyf cunt redy be tale Of mesuris of this quhete 1535 Stewart 3018.
By calculatioun and by craftie cunt 1556 Rec. Earld. Orkney 258.
To haif tane cunt, rakning, and compleit payment … of all and hale the malis
