A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1516-1531
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Yscha(y, n. [Var. of Ischa n.] a. Egress. = Isch(e n. 2. b. The termination of a period of time. = Isch(e n. 4. —a. 1516 Stirlings of Keir 309.
To be haldin … with fre yschay and entray —b. 1531 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts IV 43.
Tane in prenteischip … for the space of fyff yeiris, and to be fre at the yscha of the saydis fyff yeiris
