A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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To-irkyt, p.p. [To- prefix2 and Irk v.] Deeply troubled. —1513 Doug. xiii iii 10.
And far on breid dyd fyll the erys … Of Kyng Latyn with cry and womentyng, That all to irkyt was the nobill kyng
