A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1480-1499, 1562-1578
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But, adv.2 and conj. Occasional variant of Bot adv. and conj. in various uses.a1400 Legends of the Saints xii. 114.
Scho let hym wyt … That he wes but a fundlynge 1480 Acts Lords of Council 63/2.
Becaus it … kane nocht be decidit but ane of the partijs be hurt a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 350.
It sall appere but clokit collusioun 1562-3 Winȝet II. 49/15.
Ane aigeit man, but planelie sik a ane [etc.] a1578 Pitsc. I. 168/22.
Nathing was done in court butt by him
