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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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Gluttery, Gluttré, n. [ME. (chiefly northern) glutery, -iry, glotry, gloteri (a 1300), OF. glotirie.] Gluttony. —c1475 Wall. vii. 349.
Throuch full gluttre in swarff swappyt lik swyn
c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 73/25.
I haue nocht had … abstenance aganis gluttery
c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 91 (M).
The full monstour gluttery With wame insaciable & gredy

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