A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Peter. [Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Christ.] Used as an exclamation or quasi-oath. —a1500 Rauf C. 87.
For first to lofe and syne to lak, Peter, it is schame
