A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1513
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Lay, appar. aphetic for Delay n. —c1420 Wynt. v. 510 (W).
This king syne maid lay [v.rr. delay] And denyit haill to pay [etc.] 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 92.
Sum latyt latton, but lay, lepys in lawyd lyt
