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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: 1581

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Perplex, a. [e.m.E. and ME. perplex (c 1380), L. perplex-us involved, confused, intricate.] Perplexed, puzzled, bewildered. = Perplexit p.p. and ppl. a. a. —1581 Burne Disput. 91 b.
Ȝour maister … vas na les perplex in this mater nor ȝe ar

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