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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: 1562-1572

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Infirm(e, a. [ME. infirme (of things, c 1374), e.m.E. infirm (of persons, 1605), L. infirmus.] Infirm in body or in faith. —1562-3 Winȝet I. 79/24.
Quhy geif ȝe iust occasioun to the infirm to be … sclanderit be ȝow? 1572 Edinburgh Testaments XXIV. 213.
To the pure that ar … waik and infirme persounis vnabill to wirk

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