A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Erlispenny, var. of arlis-penny Arlis b. —1587-99 Hume 87/253.
That heuenly ioy & peace of conscience … is called the earnest or erlispennie of the spireite
