A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plicht, n.3 Also: plycht. (The first element of Plicht-ankir, put for the whole.) —c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxv. 31.
Haile plicht but sicht! … Haile glorious Virgine 1567 G. Ball. 15.
Quhair purgatorie and pardonis will not sell And gude intent thair pylat plycht and leid
