A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pode, Poid, Poyd, Podd(e, n. and adj. [ME (Gen. & Exodus) and e.m.E. pode, e.m.E. poade (1528), a toad, and applied dyslogistically to persons, appar. obs. after 1549, parallel form of Pad(e n.] a. A term of contempt applied to persons: ? A vile, venomous or loathsome person. (Cf. Pad(d)ok n.1 d.) b. ? attrib. as adj. —a. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 641.
Proclamand loude ‘Quhair is ȝone poid that plenȝeit' a1605 Montg. Flyt. 78 (T).
I demand how this poyd [H. podd] may be purgit Ib. 451 (T).
Throw poysoun of this poyd [H. podde] our practic prevaillis [etc.] —b. 1513 Doug. iv Prol. 193.
Syk poyd [v.rr. poid, pode] makerellis for Lucifer beyn leche
