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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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(Lammit,) Lammyt, Lambit, ppl. a. [e.m.E. lambed (1611– ), f. Lam v.] a. Of a lamb: Born. b. Of a ewe: having lambed. —a. 1456 Hay I. 294.
The first lammyt lammysb. 1584 Edinb. Test. XIII. 177 b.
Sex ȝowis with lamb & lambit price of the pece xx s. 1587 Ib. XVII. 226. 1615 Ib. XLVIII. 219 b.
Threttie ȝowis partlie lambit and partlie vnlambit

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