The Concise Scots Dictionary

The Concise Scots Dictionary, Robinson, Mairi [editor]. Published by Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1985. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 820pp. with notes, maps, appendices, index. Purple cloth boards, charted endpapers. Volume is in fine, unmarked condition; unclipped jacket has fading and light edge wear and is otherwise fine. The Concise Scots Dictionary contains meanings, spelling variants, pronunciation, information on when and where words are used, grammatical information, idioms and phrases, etymologies and details of Scottish life then and now. A comprehensive one-volume dictionary covering the Scots language from its earliest records to the present, based largely on the two major historical works: Scottish National Dictionary (1931-76), 10 vols, from 1700 to the 1970s (published by Scottish Language Dictionaries), and, Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (1931-2002), 12 vols, from the earliest records up to 1700 (published by Oxford University Press).