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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: 1535, 1600
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Fordert, reduced form of Fordwart adv. — 1535 Stewart 14252.
The cuntrie men … gaif thame feild than or thai fordert fuir 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 279.
To … put fordert the townis richtis of the saidis levingis
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