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: 1400-1499
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(Ȝoungarling,) Ȝungerlyn, n. [Altered form of Ȝo(u)ngling n. after Ȝo(u)ngar(e compar. adj.] One who has not reached maturity, an adolescent. —14.. Quoniam Attachiamenta c. 52.
Of tham that may nocht mak attornayis: A child or he that is within lauchfull elde, deff or dum, a barne, a full, a ȝungerlyn without discrecione [etc.]
