A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pauperte, n. (L. paupertas poverty.) —a1500 Bernardus 104.
It is aganys the wrechis properte To spende thar-for he leffys in pauperte
