A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1605, 1665-1682
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Quoth, p.t. Also: qwoth, quhot, qot, qt. [e.m.E. quoth (1581), ME quoþ (14th c.), also coþe, coth, cuth, earlier cwað, quaþ (13th c.), OE cwæð p.t. of cweðan to say, speak. Cf. Quod, Quo, also Quethe n.The only instances we have noted before the 17th c. are that at Clar. iv 1642, and contracted forms occurring in two small sections of the Bann. MS: for examples of the more usual contractions of this MS see Quod.] Said. = Quod v., p.t.(1) 15.. Clariodus iv 1642.
I pleise it weill, quoth [ed. quoch] scho, in all maneire a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 253. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS 1481.
We hounds slew the hair, quoth [Carmichael No. 1652, quo] the messone a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 743 (Wr.).
That, quoth [L., W. quod] Experience, is true 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 148, etc.
Base man that he was, quoth he 1682 Lauder Observes 305.
Qwoth(b) a1568 Dunb. Bannatyne MS 104a/29.
Qot he [etc.] a1568 Ib. 36, 43, 50. a1568 Ib. 115a/11.
Qot he quhy skarris thow [etc.] … Qod I [etc.] a1568 Bannatyne MS 143b/29, 12. a1568 Ib. 144a/15.
Qot he [etc.] … q scho [etc.] —15.. Wyf of Auchtirmuchty 17.
Quhot he, Quhair is my horssis corne?(2) a1568 Bannatyne MS 139b/112.
Qot Balnevis a1568 Ib. 141a/61.
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