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: 1581, 1642
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(Atesen,) Aitsin, -een, a. [App. contracted from ate-sedin(g) ‘oat-seeding’.] = Ate-sede b. —1581 Lanark B. Rec. 81.
My corne and beir … pertenyng to me … sene aitsintyme last wes 1642 Melrose R. Rec. I. 91.
On dayes work … in aitseen tyme and another in bearsen tyme
