A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Para-,) Perraphrasis, n. [e.m.E. (1538) and L. paraphrasis. Cf. Parapris n.] A paraphrase, a free rendering of (upon) a text. —1551–2 Treas. Acc. in McCrie Knox (1839) 390.
Ane perraphrasis upoun the Evangelistis
