A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Auchtad, -ard, -od, varr. of Auchtand num. a. (perh. repr. OE. eahtoða, ONhb. eahteða, æhteða). —1474 Prestwick B. Rec. 24.
He helde wrangwisli frae him ane achtad part of ry 1533 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 149.
Every takisman of the … authard [sic] part, and saxt part of the cruffiis 1610 Sutherland Chart. 178.
Ten small peckis, and ane auchtod of meill
