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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1456-1540

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Nat, adv. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E., reduced var. of ME. naȝt, naght (= Naucht adv.).] Not. —1456 Hay I. 23/18.
And becaus he was nat sufficiand to governe the office
a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 1829.
Ne rak he nat bot frely iffith ay
1540 Lynd. Sat. 558 (B) (see May v.1 3 a). 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 64 (Ruddim.).
I knaw nat [v.rr. not] quhat deulie I thé clepe sall
1513 Ib. viii. 57.

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