A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1552
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Not, Nott, v. (e.m.E. and ME. not (Ancr. R.), note (a 1300), ME. also noot (14–15th c.), for ne wot (see Wit v., Wate v., Wot v.) ‘know(s) not’.) — a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 522.
For mor ther of we not [: wot] a1500 Ib. 3142. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 60.
I not was it a vision or fantone 1501 Ib. 118; etc. 1513 Id. Æn. i. Prol. 64.
I not [1553, nat] quhat dewly I thé clepe sall 1513 Ib. ii. i. 40. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 19.
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