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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1551-1596
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Abilnes, Ablenes, n. [ME. ablenes, in use to middle of 17th c.] Ability. — 1551 Hamilton Catechism 214.
All my abilnes mone cum of the 1596 Dalr. II. 236/2.
Coragiousnes in spirit, ablenes of body
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