A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Par-,) Per-cumpany, adv. [ME. par compaignye (Chaucer).] In company, together. —c1420 Wynt. ii. 1507.
Twa gret ladyis … That betwene thame tuk the cure Off howshalde [etc.] … Tyme be tyme per cumpany
