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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rait and grait. (ON (haldandi) rétt ok greitt (holding to be) right and proper, (Marwick).) —1547 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. 258.
Haldand rait and grait quhat my said brother dois … in my name

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