A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Ypodorica, Ipotdorica, n. [17th c. Eng. Hypodorian adj. (1651), med. L. hypodoricus (c1370 in Latham).] The Hypodorian mode in music. — a1500 Henr. Orph. 369.
Orpheus … his harp can ta And playit mony suete proporcion With base tonys in ypodorica [B. ipotdorica], With gemilling in ypolerica
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