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: 1499-1500
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Dis, Dys, n. [L. dis- (in disdiapāsōn), Gr. δίς.] A double interval in music. —a1500 Henr. Orph. 235.
Dyapente, componyt with a dys [v.r. dis]