A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nik(k)ie now, altered var. of nitty now, Nitty a. —a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 354.
He should have a hail pow that cals his neighbour nikkienow a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 656. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 201.
Albeit my father wer nikie now, And my mother nothing dow
