A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Deviat, p.p. [Late L. dēviātus.] Astray. —c1550 Rolland C. Venus i. 208.
Despair, said he, thow art far deuiat For to conforme thy lufe to sic estait
