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: 1597-1598
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Ortis, -es, n. pl. [e.m.E. and late ME. orts, ortys, ortus (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. sing. ort (1607, Shakesp.), and in mod. Sc. and Eng. dial.: cf. LG. ort, Swed. dial. oräte, e.m.Du. oorete leavings of eating.] Food scraps or leavings. —a1598 Ferg. Prov. 248.
Evening ortes [Carmichael ortis] is good morning fodder
