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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Saltar(e, -er(e, n.² Also: (salptar). [ME and e.m.E. sauter (c1175), salter (c1200), sawter (a1240), sawlter (Caxton), OE saltere, ON saltari.] = Psaltar(e n.(1) a1400 Leg. S. x 566.
A prophet til hym dere And makare of the saltere c1420 Wynt. v 3502 (C).
Saltare(2) c1453–4 Coll. St. Salvator 158 n. 2.
Twa saltaris ane claspit wyth siluer c1500 Ib. 158.
The bukis for the quher … ane salter befor the licentiatis stal strenyeit a1586 Lindsay MS 42b.
Ane saltar ane croice ane palle(3) c1420 Ratis R. 63.
In Sanct Dauidis salter-buk Ib. 1525.
Thir wordis … quha lykit luk May find thaim in the salter-buk(4) 1456 Misc. Bann. C. III 97.
vj d. til ilk an that redis the salter for me Ib. 100.
And he to say for my saul x salteris a1497, 15.. Gray MS vi 10.
Fra that thi cors be cled in clay Thi sone will seildin for thé say The salter a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 318 (B).
Thow sayis for thame few salptaris salmis or creidis(5) 1478 Grey Friars 14.
To say … the salter of our Lady thryse ouyr, the quhilk salter is thrw fifty Aveys, xv Pater Noster and thre Credys