A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hake, n.2 Also: haket. [ME. (1300).] The fish, hake. —c1420 Bute MS. fol. 170 b.
Kelyng leyng or haket [sic in MS.]1533 Treas. Acc. VI. 164.
For ane barrell of salmond and ane punsioune of fysche callit hakis
