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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: 1700

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Tiern, n. Comb. tiernoige. (Gael. tighearn' lord, master and Gael. òg young.) —c1700 Cromartie Corr. II 477.
McDonald who becaus John his father wes on lyfe wes called the Tiernoige, that is, the young lord, for tiern extendit to all persones of qualitie then

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