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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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Pigmav(e, n. Also: -meu-. [Late ME. and e.m.E. pygmew (Prompt. Parv.), pig- (1592), med. L. pygmeus, L. pygmæus Pigmei. Cf. OF. pigmeau (Godef.), pimeau (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] A pygmy. = Pigmei n. —c1420 Wynt. i. 648.
In tyll the hyllis of that land The pigmaveis [E. pigmeiis, W. pigmeus or pigmens] ar duelland

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