A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Propit, p.p. (? But cf. Prop(e v.1 1 c, of which this may perh. be an early instance.) —1494 Loutfut MS 40 b.
Hachee [Lindsay MS haches] dollueres faulx … or dantis [Lindsay MS ordanit] to serf the manis body … and in the maner rycht doutfull and hehois to the deffence of the body quhen thai ar propit [Lindsay MS propit] thair to
