A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1605
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Hecate, Hecatus. (e.m.E. Hecate (1573), Heccat (Shakesp.), the goddess of the underworld, presiding deity of witches.) —a1605 Montg. Flyt. 427 (T).
On ane thre headit hecate in haist thair [H. On three headed Hecatus to heere them] they [the witches] cryit
