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Middle Scots

Middle Scots proper noun: the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700.

Proper noun

Middle Scots

  1. The Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700.
    • Middle Scots is a development of the so-called ‘Anglian’ dialect of Old English, which divided into Midland and Northumbrian during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and eventually became the Northern[…]1970, Alexander Manson Kinghorn, editor, The Middle Scots Poets, Northwestern University Press, page 45

Questions about Middle Scots

What does Middle Scots mean?
Middle Scots means the Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700.
What part of speech is Middle Scots?
Middle Scots is a proper noun.

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