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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Siterin, n. [e.m.E. cythren pl. (1566), cithron (1567), cittern (1575), citharne (1577) etc., conjectured by OED (s.v. Cithern) to have been derived f. L. cithara, but modelled on gittern (F. guiterne).] A musical instrument of the guitar type. —1587 Edinb. Test. XVII 162.
Gutterne lut and siterin

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