Middle Scots

proper noun

The Anglic language of Lowland Scotland in the period from 1450 to 1700.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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
Cite this entry
APA

Middle Scots. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Scots

MLA

“Middle Scots.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Scots. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Middle Scots,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Scots.

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