A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pegasé, Pegas. [ME. Pegasee (Chaucer, Lydgate), e.m.E. Pegasus (1515), Pegase (1599).] Pegasus. (In Henryson appar. a reminiscence of the Chaucer and Lydgate instances both of which also have the def. art.) —a1500 Henr. Fab. 889 (Ch.).
The Warwolf and the Pegase [Bann. pegas] perillous
