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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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Hest, = hes it, hast it. See Hef v. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxxiii. 24.
But hard it is to chainge thy mynd; Thow boght it not, thou hest of kynd
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