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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: 1488-1667

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Glasp, Glesp, n. [Northern e.m.E. glasp, var. of Clasp n.] A clasp.1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 80.
A buke of gold … and on the glasp of it four perlis and a fare ruby
1513 Ib. IV. 523.
viij greit giaspes … for binding of the organis to the wall
1549 Complaynte of Scotland 70/24.
Heffand ane beuk in his hand, the glaspis var fast lokkyt vitht rouste
1565–6 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 236.
For irne and making of xxxviij glaspis to the thre beris
1610 Tailors Acc. Bk. 76.
For glaspis to this same coit
1628 Edinburgh Testaments LIV. 341 b.
Ane pair of gold glaspis
1654 Ib. LXVIII. 39.
Half ane grose glaspes and eyes
1667 Ib. LXXIII. 8 b.
Ane pair of silver glespes for breatches
attrib. 1520–1 Reg. Soltre 187.
Pro seris le glaspis bandis … xxix s.
1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 98.
Sex standartis to the glaspe bandis

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