A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1616
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S, n.2 the possess. case marker, used absol. —c1616 Hume Orthog. 29.
Our genitive … is noated with of or s. … This s sum haldes to be a segment of his, and therfoer now almost al wrytes his for it [sc. as a possessive]