A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1460-1499, 1552-1586
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Afflictioun, n. Also: affliction; affliccioun(e, -yccion, afflix(i)one, -ioun (afflichsioun), afflexione, -xoune. [ME. afflyccioun (1303), afflyction, etc., OF. affliction, L. afflictio.] The condition of being afflicted; distress, trouble. —c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 383 (afflexoune of manys mynd); 429 (afflixone of spreit). a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 48 (spirituale afflictioun). 1490 Irland Mir. I. 56/13 (affliccioune and aduersite). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1239 (tyll augment his afflictioun). a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxx. 36 (in afflichsioun; Q. afflixioun).
