A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Freyt(e, rare var. of froyt(e Froit(e n. (fruit). —c1400 Troy-bk. i. 273.
Treys, herbys, and freyttis c1420 Wynt. i. 1298 (W).
As the makaris had daynte Off thai bestis … Be freyt [C. freyte, R. fret] or oysse. or ellis profite 1462 Reg. Dunfermline 369.
Giffand ȝerli fyuety lib. for the tendis & freytis of the said personage
