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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: 1420, 1549

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(First,) Fyrst, v. [ME. firsten, firstí (a 1225). f. first First n.2] tr. To give on credit. Cf. Frist v.c1420 Ratis Raving 998.
Na fyrst nocht mekyll of thi gere
c1420 Ib. 1000. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 124/1.
I am compellit to len and to fyrst it to my tua cruel brethir

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