A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Swan-quhit, -quhyt, adj. [ME and e.m.E. swan-whit (Piers Plowman), swan-white (a1618), MLG swanewit, ON svanhvítr; Swan n. and Quhite adj.] As white as a swan. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 243.
Swanquhit of hewis
