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Middle Scots

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English day-light.

Pronunciation

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  • (Early Scots) IPA(key): [ˈdeilixt], [ˈdeːlixt]
  • (1575 Early Middle Scots) IPA(key): [ˈdiːlixt]
  • (1600 Late Middle Scots) IPA(key): [ˈdilixt]

Noun

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daylicht

  1. daylight
    • 1589, Unknown, Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, published 1403:
      The … keparis of the poirtis on the daylicht
      The keepers of the gates in the daylight.