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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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Awne, n. [ME. awne, awene, aȝune, ON. agn-, ǫgn awn.] Ain awn or beard of grain. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xx. 3.
Fore il of awne or bane, That in the hals mony men has tane a1400 Ib. 345.
Quha-sa-euire in thare throt seknes has, awne ore mot, ore ony kyne perplexite

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