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

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1423, 1491

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O, prep.2 [ME. (12th c.), but latterly (f. c 1340) appar. chiefly north., until late 16th c. e.m.E. (Shakesp.), reduced var. of On.] On. (For o loft, o neid, see Loft n. 2 a, Nede n.: see also O-fer.) —1423 Haddington Corr. 229.
[The] ley acris … lyand o the south raw 1491 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 33.
And thai to present a faltour o the morn

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