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: 1549, 1611-1634, 1689
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Antecestor, n. Also: antecestre, ant-, auntcestor. [See Antecessourn. and Ancester n.] An ancestor or progenitor.1549 Complaynte of Scotland 186/6; 1549 Ib. 186/9.
The gudis … that his antecestres and forbearis hes left to them c1611–c1617 Mure Early Misc. P. xx. 19.
In thy auntcestors' passiouns 1634 Buccleuch Mun. I. 266.
The corpes wer interrid amongst hes antcestors 1689 Acts XII. 64/1.
The saids Estates … assembled … doe … as thair antecestores in lyke caices have usewally done … declare [etc.]
