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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: 1627-1628
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Hevisome, a. [ME. hevy- (Wyclif), hevisum, e.m.E. heavisome, and in later Eng. dial.] Burdensome, hard to bear. = Hevy a. 3 a. — a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 782.
Hay how is hevisome to them that may not weip with it
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