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: 1615-1661
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(Frend-,) Freindstead, a. Provided with friends. —c1615 Chron. Kings 110.
The wther … being weill freindstead in that toune, compeiris a1661 Rutherford Lett. (1862) i. 462.
I am sure that while Christ lives, I am well euough friend-stead


