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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disces(e, Disceis, v. [ME. disceyse, -cesse, var. of decesse Deces v. Cf. Desses(e v.] intr. To decease, die. —a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1456 (he thane in pece discesit). 1424 Wemyss Chart. II. 47 (gif yt hapnys me to disces). 1458 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 329 (thair lairis quhen thai disces). 1596 Dalr. I. 167/19 (nocht lang eftir he disceisses).

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