A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Not, Nott, v. (e.m.E. and ME. not (Ancr. R.), note (a 1300), ME. also noot (14–15th c.), for ne wot (see Wit v., Wate v., Wot v.) ‘know(s) not’.) —a1500 Lanc. 522.
For mor ther of we not [: wot] Ib. 3142. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 60.
I not was it a vision or fantone Ib. 118; etc. Id. Æn. i. Prol. 64.
I not [1553, nat] quhat dewly I thé clepe sall Ib. ii. i. 40. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 19.
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