A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
(Myty,) Mity, Myttie, a. [Myte n.2] Full of mites, infested with mites. —c1650 Spalding II. 101.
Mr. Robert Farquhar payit the tounes people in auld myttie meill 1681 Whig's Suppl. i. 85. Colvil
Some sold the souldiers mity meal
