A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Breve, v. ? —1456 Hay I. 164/21.
And I outhir tak him, or prisoun him, . . I brek my law and brevis myn honour
