A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Ja, Jay, n. [ME. (a 1310) and OF. jay.] A jay, the name of the bird.(a) c1450-2 Howlat 770.
In com japand the ja as a jugloure Ib. 789.
Thus jowkit with juperdys the jangland ja c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 97.
The ja him skrippit with a skryke 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 7205.
The gentyll ja, the merle, and turtur trew a1568 Bann. MS. 145 a/3.
Ane channone, He had ane kaip and that was broun; He gaif it ane ja hir for to jaip(b) 1549 Compl. 39/19.
The iargolyne of the suallou gart the iay iangil a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 18 (Wr.).
The jargoun of the iangling jayes
