A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thats. [That pron. and S1 reduced form of pres. tense of Be v.1] That's, that is/are = who is/are. —1584-9 Maxwall Commonpl. Bk.Prov. No. 4.
All wickit men thats gifin to wickitnes 1640 Lithgow Poet. Remains 245.
How could this be? When he thats kept in chains was now set free 1682 Peden Lords Trumpet (1682) 21.
Happy they thats win cleanly throw the storm since the year sixty
