A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1535, 1590-1622
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(Lade-,) Laid-star, n. Also: lede-, leid-, lead- and -ster(e. [e.m.E. layd-sterre (c 1511): cf. Lod-sterre n.] A, or the, lodestar; a guiding star. lit. and fig. = Lade-stern(en. —1513 Doug. iii. Prol. 41.
From Harpyes fell, … Be my laid star [Sm. leid ster, R. lede stere], virgyne moder, but maik 1535 Stewart 545.
Furth in the north, law vnder the laid st[a]r, Ane plesand yle 1590 Burel Pilgr. ii. xvii.
Mirknes went away, Fray gentill Jvbar did vprise The leidstar of the day 1622 Melrose P. 464.
Your maiesties royall wisdome, which is our best leadstar in doubtis of this kynde
