A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Fle, n.2 [e.m.E. flee, ME. fle, OE. fléa, fléo. Cf. Fla n.] A flea. —a1568 Bannatyne MS 138 a/63.
I haif … for mister … Fyive hundreth fleis now in a flok
