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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
A, prep.2 Reduced form of o, Of prep.Corresponding to e.m.E. and Eng. dial. a. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 738 (B).
Quhat kynd a man a1570-86 Maitland M. Fol. cviii. 9.
Of men a weir 1669–81 Haddington Mem. II. 194.
By aliuin a clok 1693 Lanark B. Rec. 249.
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