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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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Spet(e, v. [ME and e.m.E. spitien, spite(n (both a1225), spyte (Prompt. Parv.), spytte (Cath. Angl.), speet (1575), p.p. i-spited (Layamon); Spet(e n.] tr. To stab, pierce. —1513 Doug. ix xii 90.
And Phegeas [he] doun brytnys in the feld, Spetit [L. confixa] throw owt the body and hys scheld

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