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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CAUSE, conj. Because. Now only dial. and colloq. in Eng. For typical Sc. forms, see 'Cas'. Known to Bnff.2, Abd. correspondents, Ags.2, Fif.10, Edb.1 1939. [kǫ:z, kʌz, kɪz]Fif. p.1679 Inscr. on Covenanters' Memorial at Magus Muir (per Fif.1):
Cause we at Bothwell did appear, Perjurious oaths refused to swear, Cause we Christ's cause would not condemn, We were sentenced to death by men.
Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 324:
An they didna like the Native Farmers or workers, cause they wudna boo an crienge an flatter and deceive them.

[This aphetic form appears first in O.Sc. c.1550 (D.O.S.T.); first appearance in Eng. 1513 (N.E.D.).]

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