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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.

Mart, n.2 [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E., L. Mart-em acc., Mart-is gen., etc., oblique case forms of Mārs Mars.] = Mars. —a. a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 397.
The mone … In heldyne was of Martis house & in the bowndis of Saturnusb. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 67.
The Martis smyth Wlcanus 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 510.
The horribill stern dedys of Mart Ib. vii. x. 20.
Martys cruel dreid and his offence Ib. ii. Prol. 16, vii. ix. 25.

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