Glossary 17C Scots.
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This Glossary consists of pages extracted from The Works of John Knox, Ed. David Laing (1845) Vol 2, p 603-618. It provides explanation of the 17C language used in most of the verbatim quotes on this site.
A tip: – spelling was basically phonetic and varied widely, but say the word over to yourself and you may well get its `sounds like` meaning.
A-Awaitand
Awin-Corse.
Coule-Fecht
Feir-Inlaik
Inquiett-Moyen
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