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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fig, Fyg, n. Also: figue, figg. [ME. fyg(ge, fig(e, OF. figue, fige. Cf. Feg n.] A fig.a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 150.
Sume tuk daittis, sum fygis dry Ib. 1157. 14.. Acts I. 305/2.
Of karkys or balys of … fygys 1456 Hay II. 131/14.
Ete rasynis and figis with bredeIb. 136/8.
Figues with nutis 1553–4 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 108.
Ane bloke of malvesy and figgs

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