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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.

Mars. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E., L. Mārs.] Mars. a. The planet. b. The god of war; also comb. Cf. Mart n.2 —a. a1500 Henr. Fab. 637 (Bann.).
Mars vp in the Rammys hede was borne 15.. Dunb. App. xi. 28.
Abone the speir of Mars and of Saturnb. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 183. Id. Orph. 79. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 152.
As Mars armypotent Ib. 112. Id. vii. 12, 73. Id. lxxxviii. 38. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 390, 1089, etc.

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