A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Dwerf(f, Duerff, n. [ME. dwerf(e, dwerff(e.] = Dwerch,n. —15.. Clariodus i. 478.
Ane litill dwerff fast efter them can gone 15.. Ib. ii. 259.
Twa litill duerffis was sitting him neir
