A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Golf(f)is, n. pl. [Cf. Goif n.] = Govis. —1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 105.
For the quhilk [charming] sche satisfied the kirk of Foverne, be publict repentance in the golfis 1597 Elgin Rec. II. 52.
To mak thair publict repentans … , the man in the joiggis and the woman in the golffis or gokstuill 1600 Ib. 83.
The said … Nauchtie to be put in the golffis1614 Ayr B. Acc. 58.
For ane sparr to the golfis
