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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: 1570

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Espouse, Aspouse, v. [Late ME. espouse (1475), OF. espouser.] tr. To wed. —1570 Leslie 71.
The nixt day eftir King James … espousit the saide princies [= princess] 1570 Ib. 155.
Thay contractit the said mariage, and aspouset hir be procuratouris, as use is

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