A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Girls(e, var. of Grilse n. —14.. Acts I. 109/2.
That na man tak apon hand to fysch othir ald salmond or girlsis in tyme forbodyn1494 Acta Conc. 348/1.
The sovme of ix barrellis of salmonde and a barell of girlse ȝerly of twa ȝeris 1525 Libr. Dom. Jac. V 7.
xij crunans, iij girlsis 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII. 121 b.
xxi last … salmond & girlsis
