Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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PATE. Also dim. forms Patie (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. i. i.; Sh. 1898 J. Burgess Tang xii.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson), Paetie (Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 9; Sh. 1898 Shetland News (4 June)), Patick (Dmf. 1947). Reduced forms of Peter or Patrick which are freq. confused in Sc. (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Shep. i. ii.; Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 502; Lth. 1813 G. Bruce Poems 65; Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 15, Ags. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 164, Knr. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 25; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr., 1915–26 Wilson; Rxb 1942 Zai). Gen.Sc., somewhat obsol. [′pet(e)]
