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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: 1567-1586, 1655

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Girt, a. [Var. of Grit a., also in mod. Eng. dialects.] Great. —a1568 Balnavis Bannatyne MS 138 a/7.
Suppois girt drouth cum in ȝour mouth a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitland Folio MS xxxiii. 7. (
God wait gif scho was girt and fat a1570-86 Ib. l. 114.
In to hell girt rowme he tuik 1655 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXX. 18.
Thrie girt kye and ane stirke

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