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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1598

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Maikpeblis, interj. See quots. —1598 Misc. Spald. C. I. 120.
The Devill … is laid agane be … speking the word Maikpeblis 1598 Ib. 124.
He grantit that this word Benedicite rasit the Dewill, and Maikpeblis laid him againe

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