A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Lefing, n. Appar., a small weight of gold or silver, ? in the Netherlands. — 14.. Scots Merchandise (Reg. H.) 5 (see Inglis n.2). Ib. (Reg. H.) 63.
It is to wyt that fore how mony marcis at the woll is boght at, alsmony twa ynglis & twa lefingis the nayle is at
