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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: 1399-1400
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(Tift,) Tyfte, ppl. adj. [North. ME tift (Cursor M.).] Prepared, ready. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii 870.
I cane fond To that flume … & wesche in it bath handis & face; Syne come agane & with schryfte & contryt hart mad me tyfte
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