A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1681-1684
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V2. [Late ME V (?1460).] The name of the letter, also, with reference to its shape. Cf. SND, s.v. V, the pronunciation is indicated by the rhyme word in the Colvil quot. —1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 22.
Whose legs … are like an inverted V [: avow]1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 97, 98.
Some of the country people … quite contrary to some north countrey people (who pronounce v for w as voe for woe, volves for wolves) … oftentimes pronounce w for v as serwant for servant; wery for very.
