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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: 1501, 1581

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Greshopper, n. [ME. greshopper (15th c.).] A grasshopper. Also fig.—1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 44.
The greshoppers amangis the vergers gnappitfig.1581 Cath. Tr. 162/25.
Euin sua the blasphemeis ar maist horribil quhilk thir grishopperis and maist noysum serpentis the sonis of Martin Lauter speuis out of thair venemous mouthis

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