A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1626
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'D, pron. Reduced and voiced variant of it (still current in dialect), used after vowels and certain consonants (as l, m, n, r), chiefly in rhymes, and most frequently in Albeid, beid s.v. Be v.1 4 b, dude s.v. Do v. A 1 (d), ford s.v. For prep. 12, haid s.v. Ha v., herd s.v. Her(e v. 8, ind s.v. In prep., nar'd s.v. Ner adv. 2 c, o'd s.v. O prep.1, ond s.v. On prep. 36 b, said s.v. Say v.1 2 d, seid s.v. Se v 5 d, upond s.v. Upo(u)n(e prep. Cf. 'T.c1420 Ratis Raving 1103.
As thow has feld, and mar sal feild c1460 Consail Wys Man 302.
He is a theif rycht as he stald a1500 Henr. III. 170/2.
I wald sum clerk … wald declerde a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 374.
Thairon my lyfe dar I layd c1500 Interl. Droich 135.
Quha trowis best that I do lude 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3067 (B).
Quhow call ȝeid 15.. Christis K. 65 (B).
Grit skayth wesd to haif skard him c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 122.
As he thocht best to haid c1550 Ib. iii. 611.
All Christin men may kend a1568 Scott iv. 8.
I sall not said agane a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 182.
Sa was sene vpond [v.r. appond] a1605 Ib. 768.
No moir … Lat him think to conceild a1605 Ib. 1064.
Affection dois affermd 1609 Craig iii. 28.
When I think vpon'd 1623 Id. iv. 5.
I dare sayd 1626 Garden Worthies 88.
He … to restrain'd Laid all his lines
