A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ethe, var. of Athe n. (oath). —a1568 Scott ii. 96.
Thair wes no deth mycht be devynd, Bot ethis haif thay sworne He suld deir by
