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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: 1540-1584

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Frog, Froig, n.2 [ME. frog. frogge, OE. frogga.] A frog. (Used as a term of abuse as in ME.) —1540 Lynd. Sat. 2136 (B).
Quhat kin a woman is thy wyfe? … A frog that fylis the wind 1584 Misc. Spald. C. II. 69.
Heir, fulsum froigis, & dargsum nycht

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