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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Curtly, -lie, variants of Courtly a. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 182.
He is Alse curtly in his clething, … As he that is mair valȝeand 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1022.
Then, to schaw our curtlie corsses, Ga se quha best can rin thair horsses

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