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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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(Wa,) Wo, v. [Wa adv., etc.] intr. To lament, mourn. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 209/23.
Ȝe sall not heir my lamentatioun Of my luifar mak narratioun Ȝe sall not heir me for ane lemmand wo [: mo]
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