A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mooth, appar. a north-eastern ‘hyper-correct’ spelling of Methe v. (since in the north-east the spellings oo and ei represented the same sound). —1650 Strathbogie Presb. 137.
Passed to ane parcell of ground called Dubiscroft and designed the same as it lyes marched and moothed with the burn on the north, the comon … gate on the east [etc.]
