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Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TRAESIR, n. Also treaser, treisure. Sh. forms of Eng. treasure (Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 118, 1930 Sh. Almanac 187). [′trezər]m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 56:
We are the bonnie trees o the teuch hert
treisure tae the square-wricht's skeelie haund,Sc. 1991 T. S. Law in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 34:
suin efter yokin til 't for treisure
folk caa "black diamonts" in thur leesure,
and it was piece-timm comein onSc. 1991 Kenneth Fraser in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 101:
Yet the Scots leid's a treisure o mair worth
Than ony castle, an it dwines awaa
Frae day tae day, but tho we see its faa
There's gey few words o protest comin furth.