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: 1599-1633
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Aithehen, n. Also erroneous form: earth hen. [Of obscure etym.] The heath-hen or grey-hen. (A substitution for gra hennys, gray hennis of earlier acts.) — 1599 Acts IV. 180/2.
[To] discharge ony persone … to sell or by ony … muir foullis, blak cokis, aithehenis, termiganis [etc.] 1600 Ib. 236/2.
Murefoullis, blak cokkis, aith hennis, termigenis 1633 Reg. Privy C. 17.
To slay … anie kynde of pertridges, blacke cockes, earth hennes, termigants [etc.]
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