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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: 1450-1500

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Gome, n. Also: goym. [ME. gome, gume, OE. guma.] A man. —c1450-2 Howlat 540.
Mony galiard gome was on the ground levit
c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 778.
Gaddys off irne maid mony goym agast
a1500 Golagros and Gawane 471.
Wrightis … Ordanit hurdys ful hie … For to greif thair gomys
a1500 Ib. 525.
A gome gais to ane garet

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