A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Begrete, v. [f. Grete v.] tr. To beweep. —1513 Doug. vi. vii. 64.
The terys leyt he fall, and tendyrly … begrat [Sm. begrait, R. begrette] hir thus
