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: 1501, 1596
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Sap(p)hik, adj. [e.m.E. saphic (1585), OF saffique (c1340 in Larousse), L. sapphicus, f. the Gk.] Of or in the metre(s) or verse-form(s) associated with Sappho. —1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 801.
And sum of thame … playit and sang Sa plesand verse … , Metir saphik and also elygie 1596 Dalr. I 245/27.
Notabillie depaincteng it furth in sapphik verse
