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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1532-1612
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Girth cors, cross(e, n. Also: girtht, gyrtht cors, gyrht corsce, girth(e) croce. [Girth n.1] A cross marking the limits of a place of sanctuary. 1532 Protocol Book of M. Fleming 41 b.
Ane howse … lyand … betuix … the gyrtht cors … & the common streyt 1536 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 410.
Ascendendo … ad decliuum montis viridi prope ly gyrht corsce 1540 Acts Lords of Council MS. XII. 99 b.
Hir lugeing … in the Cannangait of the abbay of Halierud hous on the south syd of the girth cors 1562 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts III. 18.
[The cross called the] Girtht Cors 1567 Misc. Maitl. C. II. 304.
[The] foir land lyand foiranent the girthe croce [in the Canongate] 1591 Reg. Great S. 671/1.
Balliatus de Tayne … infra quatuor lie girth crosis ejusdem a1605 Birrel Diary 26.
Betwix the girth crosse and the Abbay gaite 1612 Reg. Great S. 288/1.
Infra quatuor cruces angulares lie girth croces jacentes circa dictum burgum
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