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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Witryff, adj. [Wit n. and Rife adj.] Very clever, full of cunning. — 1597–8 Misc. Spald. C. I 122.
Thow biddis … hald aff the crawis quhill ane rig be brockin, for the crawis ar witryff beastis, and the Devill will cum in thair liknes; and biddis say ane oration … and that being done, the cornis sall cum saiff to the barne that yeir
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