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: 1499-1500
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(Plicht,) Plycht, v.2 [? Plicht n.2, here used as verb.] ? To be (in a certain state or place). — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow iii. 36.
Manly … wit … Fyndis menis the money to … multeply in moir memor & mycht Than evir it did in erd quhill it plycht
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