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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Causé, Cawsé(e, n. Also: cawsey. [ME. causé, cawsé, caucé, ONF. caucié(e. The ending in Sc. normally changes to -a(y, and the original -é forms are rare.] = Causay, Calsay. (Cf. also Causey.) 1375 Barb. xviii. 128.
Apon the cawse [E. cause] That wes betuix thame and the toune Ib. 146.
Weill ane hundreth men gert he Leiff … the cawsee a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv. 69.
For thi he one the cause fel & gret sare & loude can ȝel 1375 Inchaffray Chart. 132.
Subsidia ad fabricam poncium et le cause 1384 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 286.
Litera pro la cawse de Monthe 1529 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 395.
Ane substantious brig … with pillaris … battaling and cawseis Ib.
The cawsey of the montht