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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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Sperge, n. [Late ME sperge (c1400), ? OF esperge (c1250 in Larousse). Cf. Sperage n.] ? Asparagus. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I 117/35.
This Cupid hidd … That makis the sperge so freindlie uith the bosse & trembling reide

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