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: 1420
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(Quatrible,) (Contrible,) v. [ME quatreble (Trevisa), e.m.E. quadribil (c1500): cf. Quatribill adj. and Quadruple v.] In p.p. Quadrupled, consisting of a fourfold number. —c1420 Wynt. viii 2601 (W).
Sua triblit or contriblit [sic] were thai Agane our Scottismen that day
