A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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By-rod(e, n. [By adv. 1. Cf. Eng. by-road (1673).] A side path. —a1568 Bann. MS. 135 b/56.
Bettir is the hie gait nor the by rod [M. by rode]