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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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LOUTIT. A surname now esp. common in Ork., orig. from Louvetot in Normandy but now freq. treated as the equivalent of Eng. Lightfoot (Sc. 1860 Border Mag. (April 1922) 62; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 99). [′lutɪt]
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"Loutit ". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00089354>
