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

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hermyte, -ete, -eit, n. [ME. hermyte, -mite (a 1300). OF. hermite. Cf. Heremyte.] A hermit. —?1438 Alex. ii. 578.
As hermyte in wod and feild I haue leued
1456 Hay I. 161/4.
Ȝit will na man of were … sla … hermetis
c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2689.
Quhy thole ȝe under ȝour dominioun … that hermeit of Laureit?

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