A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1507-1508
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Na, v. (Appar. f. Na adv.3, and = to say no: cf. Ne v. and Nay v. But ? erroneous) —a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1271.
Sweit sone … Thy toung is clung, thou may nocht speik nor na [: bla, ga]
