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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: 1500-1512
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Flird, Flyrd, v. [Of obscure origin; current in later dial. in various senses.] ? To talk idly, to flirt. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. lvii. 9.
Sum flyrdis [M. flirdis], sum feynȝeis, and sum flattiris
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