A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Py, v.3 (? = mod. south Sc. pie (1824–), and north. Eng. dial. pee (1674–), to look with one eye, also to peer closely, ? related to ME pike, pyke (Chaucer), e.m.E. peke, peek, Pepe v.2 and Pipe v.3: (cf. also Pipand ppl. adj.1).) — a1500 Henr. Fab. 2127 (Chart.).
It is ane syde of salmond, as it wer, And callour pyand [Hart collour pying] like ane pertrik ee
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