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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1497, 1567-1621

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Grotkin, -(t)kyn, (Groiking), n. [App. obs. Flem. or Du. grootken.] A gross. —1497 Halyb. 117.
4 grotkyn off gold follȝe, ilk grotkyn cost 3 s. Item 3 grottkyn of syluer folȝe, ilk grotkyn cost 3 s. 1567 Edinburgh Testaments MS. I a 33 b.
Ane groiking of ane greit prenis 1576 Ib. V. 3 b.
Tua grotkin of prenis 1621 Ib. LI. 77 b.
Four grotkin of preinnis

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