A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Antecessory, n. [Alteration of ancestry, after Antecessour,n.] Ancestry. —?1438 Alex. ii. 2888.
For I am borne of Massony, That ȝouris suld be of antecessory
