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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Glist(e)ring, Glystring, ppl. a. [e.m.E. glistering, ME. glysterynge (1398).] Glittering. —1570 Sat. P. xv. 62.
Ȝe sone and mone and planetis seuin, Ȝe glystring starris bricht 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 57.
Thir wer the glistering promises whairwith Sathan … eludit my sences a1585 Maitl. Q. xl. 54.
Phoebus … with his glistering bemis Ib. lxxvii. 8.
Glistering gemmis and pearlis of pryce

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