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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: 1499-1500

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(Nibbill,) Nybill, n. [Appar. f. Nibbill v.; cf. e.m.E. nibble (1658) the act of nibbling.] ? A nibble, bite, nip. fig. —a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 820.
Scho said, God I beseike of grace That in ȝour hart it tak effek Or nybill gif ȝow in the nek

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