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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1438, 1585
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Assone, = as sone ‘at once’ (see Sone adv.) — ?1438 Alex. ii. 422.
Four swords hes he tane assone 1585 James VI Ess. 23.
He stays assone 1585 Ib. 29.
Their Muse doth stay assone
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