A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sovel. Erron. for Fovell n. (For a discussion of this word, see Bawcutt The Shorter Poems of Gavin Douglas, 219, note 59.) —a1500 K. Hart 59.
Syn wes thair ane to taist all nutriment That to this king wes seruit … Ane wther wes all sovellis for to sent Of licour or of ony lustie meis
