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: 1399-1420
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Last(e, n.2 [OE. lást a footstep, track, trace. Only early Sc. verse. The rhymes indicate the pronunciation with long ā.] Nocht, nevir a last, not a trace, not a whit. —a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 751.
Thai mycht nocht tweche hym a laste, Bot tynte thare trawel in to waste a1400 Ib. xxxiv. 102.
We, that suld God plese maste … rekis nocht a laste How foule ore vnfaire we be a1400 Ib. xliii. 580.
As thu ma with thi handis taste, Tho thu ma nocht se a laste c1420 Ratis Raving 1490.
Fellony … louit neuir his lord a last Bot he ware tyrand at the maist
