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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Medhop, Meidhope, Medop(e, n. (Obscure: it seems possible that the second element is Hope n.3). —1586 Edinb. Test. XV. 236 b.
Tua stane & ane half of medop at xl s. the stane 1592 Ib. XXV. 17.
Medope 1595 Argyll Acc. 2 Jan.
Ane gret ledran pok to put the medope in 1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII. 241 b. 1616 Ib. XLIX. 162 b.
Cannell, indigo, with certane medhop 1618 Ib. L. 49.
Ane trie of medop 1620 Ib. 282.
Sevin stane of blew and quhyte medop at xl s. the stane weycht 1624 Ib. LII. 171 b; 1627 Ib. LIV. 172 b.
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