A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hel(l)-hound, -hund, n. [ME. helle-hound, OE. helle-hund.] —a1400 Leg. S. i. 515.
Symon ... band ane hell hound [L. maximum canem] at his ȝete1513 Doug. vi. iv. 44.
Amang the schaddowys … The hell hundis [v.r. houndis] hard thai ȝowl and bark 1590 Burel Pilgr. ii. xviii.
Fast fering and dering That helhound auld and hair
