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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.

Grecian, Gretian, n. [e.m.E. (1577).] A Greek. —(c 1580) Alex. i. 2675.
He … fra ane Greciane reft ane spere
Ib. ii. 2917.
This Gretians noblenes
1549 Compl. 108/23.
Vtheris grit captans, baitht Romans and Grecians
1587–8 Ayr B. Acc. 160.
To the Greciane, to mak out the sowme of ten li.
1610 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 61.
To foure Grecianes come frome Constantinople, for thair support
1622-6 Bisset I. 3/22.
The thrid monarchie of the Gretianis

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