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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gayth, n. ? Haste, hurry. —1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 13.
I maid me to fra hand To send this sedull in a gayth, That nane of ȝow kep ony skayth For laik of premonitioun