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: 1507-1508
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Scota, n. [? Med. L. Scotia. But cf. Scot n. 1 pl. (2), quot. Asl. MS.] ? Scotland. —a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 348.
Irische … was the gud langage of this land And Scota it causit to multiply and sprede