A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Cystre, n. ? —14.. Acts I. 12/2.
Quhasa evir. . hes suorn apon the haly evangel or apon the haly cystre or othir notabill halydum