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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1513, 1585

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Harpy, -ie, -é, n. [e.m.E. harpie (1540), F. harpie.] A harpy. —1513 Doug. iii. iv. heading.
Quhou till Ene the harpyes dyd gret wo
1513 Ib. 5.
The cruel Celeno, With all the otheris harpeys
1513 Ib. 33.
The harpeis on vs fell
1585 James VI Ess. 75.
Harpyes, … whome the poets feynȝeis to represent theuis

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