Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish place-names).
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BREETAIN. Variant form of Britain, now obsol. (Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk. 51; Ayr. 1907 J. Cook Garnockside Lilts 52). Hence adj. Breetish (Gall. 1893 A. Agnew Hered. Sheriffs Gall. II. 340; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 100; ‡Abd. 1975). See I, letter, 1.
