A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gleg, var. of Cleg n. (horse-fly). —c1420 Wynt. ii. 574.
Syne byttyn thai ware wytht cynyphes, That a kynde of gleggys wes, And alkyn kynd of gleggys als
