A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lyessance: see Licence n. and v. —1524 Stirling B. Rec. I. 19.
The provest [etc.] … hais grantit and lyessance [sic] to the gra freris … ane pece of thair common land
