A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tardis. (The -is ending here and in the rhyming word kardis represents an editorial expansion, and the word may properly be tard, p.p. of Tar v.1, smeared or coated with tar.) —c1500 Rowll Cursing 110 (B).
Vthiris devillis thair salbe sene … Sum with kamis and sum with kardis Sum with quhippis of leddroun tardis
