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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: 1499-1512

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Girle, Gyrle, n. [ME. gyrle, girle, gurle (c 1290).] A girl. —a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 10.
The first penny of the thre For a girle gaif he
a1500 Ib. 16. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxv. 45.
My bony baib, … My tendir gyrle

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