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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1585

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Licht, n.3 [Appar. nonce-use f. Licht a.1 in some such sense as ‘that which causes one to be set at light or despised’: see Licht a.1 7 c (and cf. Lichtly n.).] Discredit, disgrace. —1585 Inverness Rec. I. 299.
Quhilk redundis to the gret dishonour lycht and schame of the office men of this burcht gif the samyn be vnpunissit and it be of verite

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