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: 1375, 1533
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Amonest, Amonist, v. Also: ammonis, ammonys. [ME. amonest (14th c.), ammonest, OF. amonester.] tr. To admonish. —1375 Barb. viii. 348.
He mycht nocht amonist [E. ammonys] sway That ony for him vald turne agane1533 Boece xii. xiv. 481 b.
Edgare . . was in sleip ammonist, that gif he wald turs with him the baner of Sanct Cuthbert, he suld doutles haue victorie
