A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Quhasum,) Qwasom, pron. [North. ME qua-sum (Cursor M.), wha-som (14th c.), -sam (c1400), early ME whasumm (Orm). Not recorded by OED after c1400.] Whichever person (of a group). = Quha-ever 1 b. —1459 Rep. Hist. MSS, Var. Coll. V 82.
And qwasom of thir forsayd tenandis falt in othyr red land he sal er hym als mykyl quyt land
