A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1598, 1680-1688
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(Ocht,) Ought, v.4 [Ocht,v.3 used as a pres. tense.] (I, he, etc.) am, is, etc., the owner of, own(s). — a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 106.
He that ought the house and made the banquet should say the grace a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 352.
He that ought the cow goes nearest her tail c 1680 4th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 516/1.
James Skene … and Elizabeth Forbes ought this manuscript 1688 Sc. Ch. Hist. Soc. Rec. IV. 79.
Margaret Primross ought this book
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