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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1504, 1604
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Grip, Gripe, n.3 [ON. grip-r.] In Orkney and Shetland: An article or animal of value as a possession. — 1504 Rec. Earld. Orkney 76.
We.layd at his part [of an inheritance] … thre mark and halff and a fourty penny grip, with viij s. of sylver pament for houshald gere 1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. MS. 125 b.
That the haile inhabitantis within the parrochine of Quhytnes … pay ane schewnd ox quhilk is callit the sesing ox, or at the leist the best gripe according to the auld vse
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