A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Quhase,) Quhais, pron. [Early ME hwase (12–13th c. in OED), whas(e (Orm), hwo se (Ancr. R.), wo se (c1275), reduced var. of Quha-sa.] Whatever person, anyone who, whoever. —1498 Aberd. Pynours 57.
And quhais doys in the contrar … salbe punist
