A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1464, 1600
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Anorth, prep. [Cf. Benorth prep.] To the north of. Also anorthhalf. — 1464 Peebles B. Rec. 151.
The land of Georg Dawysounis anorththalf the cors 1600 Acts IV. 207/1.
Being bot ane myle a north Strameglo
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