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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: 1607-1654

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Elves, Elvis, n. Erroneous spellings of ellis pl. of Ell n. or of elnis pl. of Eln(e n. —1607 Edinburgh Testaments XLII. 325.
viij elvis blew grayis 1615 Zetl. Sheriff Ct. MS. 9.
Thrie elves blak frensche clayth 1654 Edinburgh Testaments LXVIII. i.
Twelfe elves … of the samen cloath … fyve elues of black cloath

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