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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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Kers(e, n.2 [ME. kers(e also carse, OE. cerse, kerse, cærse, metathesised form of cresse, ME. cres(se.] Cress, the edible plant. b. As the type of something of negligible significance. (Cf. the similar use of ME. cres(se, kers(e.) —c1420 Wynt. I. 434.
Froyt and gyrs thai oysyd tyll ete, As kers, or mawe, or wyoleteb. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 129.
Commirwald crawdoun, na man comptis thé ane kerse [M. that na man curis ane kers]

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