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: 1399-1400
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Avanting, vbl. n. [ME. avantynge (14th c.), e.m.E. avaunting.] Boasting. —a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 192.
His kinge, Quham of he makis sic awantinge
