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

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hyreage, n. [f. Hyre n. or v.] Payment for hiring out. —1562 Peebles B. Rec. 283.
[They] wer damnageit … nocht onlie in the prices of the saidis oxin bot in proffit quhilkis thai mycht haif had thairof in hyreage

19195

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