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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†ALBUIST, ALPUIST, APIEST, APIECE, conj. Albeit, although. (Also aphetic: piece.)Abd.(D) c.1750 R. Forbes Journal from London (1767) 13:
We cou'd na' get a chiel to shaw us the gate, alpuist we had kriesh'd his liv wi a shillin.Ib. 11:
We had been at nae great tinsel apiest we had been quit o' her.Ib. 13:
A bodie wou'd nae car'd to meddle wi' her, apiece they had been hir'd to do't.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 62:
Our ain lads, albuist I say't my sell, But guided them right cankardly an' snell.Ib. 65:
Piece ye be tyr'd, ye'll need to rise an' gang.

[Prob. from all beis = Eng. all be, although; beis is found in O.Sc. as 3rd sing. of pres. subjunctive, Douglas Aen. xii. iv. 70: Bot gif so beis. (See other instances in N.E.D.) The -t forms may show the t of it, or the parasitic t as in alangst. The ui spellings may be due to some analogy based on a false etymology.]

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