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: 1606
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(Old-,) Ouldest, superl. a. [ME. (c 1400) and e.m.E. oldest: cf. north-midland ME. aldest (14th c.) and Eldest a.] Oldest. —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvi.
The ouldest of our owne countrey kirkes