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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1513
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Sturtand, -in, ppl. adj. [Sturt(e n. Cf. Sturt(e v.] Quarrelsome, contentious, vexatious. — 1460 Hay Alex. 10323.
Invious sturtand crabbit and vnkynde c1460 Wisdom of Solomon (STS) 333.
Mar is [prayer] lowable to God with a … pacient man na a irfull, and a sturtand quhilk makis reddy dyscord 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 15 (Ruddim.).
Sturtin study has the stere, dystroyand our sport, Musing merris our myrth
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