A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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(Undegradit,) Ondegradyt, Undegraid, ppl. adj. [18th c. Eng. undegraded (1775); Degrade v.] Not degraded or debased, pristine. — a1568 Scott xiv 13.
In lykwayis dois hir bewty vndegraid Transcend all vthiris 15… Mod. Lang. Rev. XXXIII (1938) 403.
Hyr tendre ȝoutht in bewte ondegradyt
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