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.
Th. In manuscripts th was freq. written with þ which became identical in form to y or ȝ and has been printed as such or, more rarely, as z, in editions. In the quotations used in this dictionary y and ȝ, in this context, have been normalised to th.