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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dyner(e, Dynar(e, n. Also: dynir, dynner, dinnar. [ME. dyner(e, dinere, diner (c 1300), OF. diner. See also Dennar.] Dinner.(a) 1375 Barb. xiv. 188.
Bot thai ar nocht, withouten wer, Half-deill ane dyner till vs here ?1438 Alex. ii. 5987.
At thare dynere Thay had ane poun, with danteis sere 1456 Hay II. 123/31.
It … lettis appetite to drynke sone efter dyner Ib. 125/5.
The metis that ar etyn in the dyner a1500 Henr. Fab. 294 (A).
The spensar … Opinnit the dure, and thaim at dyner fand 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 158.
To the Kingis dynir at Dunsyar at halking c1515 Asl. MS. I. 240/19.
The king … callit him on the morne to the dynere & to the supper 1572 Peebles B. Rec. 345.
In the middis of the day to lok the portis be the kepare thairof in tyme of dyner(b) c1420 Wynt. ii. 198.
Esawe … off the potage walde hawe hade, That Jacob tyll hys dynare made ?1438 Alex. ii. 6962.
Thay ar ane lytill dynare To our great hoste that we haue here 1482 Peebles B. Rec. 192.
The drystar sall haf for ilk kyllfull tyll his seruice vj d. and his dynar 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 148.
The weschale the Kingis dynar wes dicht in in the Egill 1507 Ib. III. 365.
To the Franch knychtis expens … and on the morn to his dynar(c) 1535 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 409.
Payand … ȝeirlie … ane nychtis lugeing with supper and dynner to the bischop quhen it sall happin him to cum in the cuntre 1621 Maxwell Mem. I. 325.
For my awin dinnar and suppar