A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1581
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Ters, Tars, n. [ME and e.m.E. ters (Wyclif), tarse (15th c.), OE teors.] The penis. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 152/88.
All led thay uthir by the tersis [M. tarssis] 1581 Burne Disput. 104.
Hir vith hir cunt, him vith his ers, And I betuix vith ane stif ters