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: 1420-1456, 1523-1591
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Accusatioun, n. Also: accusatyown(e, -acioun, -acion(e, -ation. [ME. accusacion, etc. (1430), OF. accusation, L. accūsātio.] Accusation.c1420 Wynt. v. 1695 (this abbot that hard this accusatyowne); vi. 526 (Hwngus made hym accusatyown that … ). 1456 Hay I. 275/14 (accusacioun of that crime). 1523 Edinb. B. Rec. 211 (quhilk salbe na accusatioun to tham). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 127/8 (thou erris in thy accusatione). 1591 Elgin Rec. II. 18 (absoluit fra ony forther accusatiounis).
