A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1690
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Dallar, -er, -or, n. Also: daleir. [e.m.E. daller, -or (1560), LG. and earlier Du. daler.] A dollar. —15.. Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XXIV, XXV (J).
Twa siluer daleiris. Aucht daleiris & tuelf lup schillingis1637 Kirkcaldy Presb. 117.
My Lord Forthirrell resaved some dallars 1653–7 Irvine Mun. II. 255.
Gevin to the misser [sic] halfe of on dallor 1690 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 516.
Ane bad halfe millryne daller
