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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Beltym(e, var. of beltyn Beltane. —c 1572 Reg. Ministers 6.
Iohn Clappertoun exhorter, … entres at Beltym 1569 1577 Edinb. Test. VI. 61.
Tua quoyis of thrie ȝeir auldis cum beltyme 1580 Ib. VIII. 117 b.
Ane stot of thrie ȝeir auld cum beltyme

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