Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FORSEETH, adv. Also -sith. n.Sc. forms of Eng. forsooth. See P.L.D. § 128.Abd. 1772 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 21:
Here Sawny cries, frae Aberdeen; . . . “Here tak a rug, and shaw's your pose: Forseeth, my ain's but teem.”Cai. 1776 Weekly Mag. (25 Jan.) 145:
Forsith am I, Roger, my honest frien'; Whar's this you're gaen'? an' fu's a sin the streen?Mry. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 133:
Quoth Rob to Tam, what hear we now? Forseeth the smith's a' wrang!
