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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: 1499-1500
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Forbot, n. [ME. forbot (a 1300), ME. and OE. forbod.] Forbidding. — a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 746.
God['s] forbot … [that] my thank war sic thing a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1584.
The forbot of God thairon I lay
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