A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1531
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Ȝarnand, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. yearning (1627), yerning (1652).] a. That one yearns for; desired. b. Ȝarnand mode, the optative mood (in grammar). —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1679.
Ameved … Throw a blynd fulische desyre … to pas in-to thar land … thai thocht on no parrile … Bot gaif thaim to that ȝarnand gate [L. desideratum … ad iter] —b. 1531 Vaus (1531) 1.
Optatiuo modo ȝarnand mode; tempore presenti & preterito imperfecto tyme present and omperfitely bygane
