A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nativitate, n. Appar. erron. or altered var. of Nativitie n. 2, ? after L. nātīvitāt-em, nātīvitas. —a1400 Leg. S. x. 201.
Merciful God … Brocht hyme til hewyne-lyk paradyse Of Criste be the natiuitate, Quhare he in blyse suld euire be