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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: 1375-1400, 1487-1682

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Gud(e, Guid, God(e, Good(e) brother, n. Also: brothir, bruther, pl. brether; gud broder, guide brodir. [Gude a. 1.] A brother-in-law.(a) 1375 Barb. xix. 343.
James Steward, that ledar was Eftir his gud brother disses
c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2128.
Seand in that steid Assandrus, his gud brothir [L. cognati] deid
1487 Thanes of Cawdor 69.
The saide Allexander Frasser is god brother to the said Margeory Caldor and scho gode sister to him
1521 Fife Sheriff Ct. 272.
Thomas Balfour … the said Dauidis gud brothir
1528 Criminal Trials I. 243.
Johnne McGilhauche his gudbruther
1548 Melville Chart. 89.
My gud brether … can testifie
1582 Digest Justiciary Proc. K. 31.
Fergus Grahame his guid brother
1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 24.
He and his gudbrether John and Edvard Esdailis, … saw the begining and proceid of the tumvlt
1610 Criminal Trials II. 328.
Can I not be quyte of your goode-bruther?
1639 Baillie I. 192.
To the meeting at Perth he invited his good brother Huntley
1682 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XIII. 132.
Androw Walker hanged … for murdering his good brothir
(b) 1570 Leslie 77.
Albeit the K. of France his guide brodir had sufficient counsall
1590 Edinburgh Testaments XXI. 270.
James Sibbald … his gud broder, … James Keching his broder in law

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