A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1375-1420
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Neuth(e, Newth, prep. and adv. [Obscurely related to OE. neoðan below, from below: cf. Beneuth and Nethe.] Beneath, below. —1375 Barb. xi. 537, 8 (E).
And newth [C. beneth] the New Park gan thai far, Weill newth [C. neuth] the kyrk c1420 Wynt. v. 3594.
At the nauil it was a mas, And outhe and neuthe [C. neythe] dyuysyd it was
