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: 1420, 1499-1599
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Bend, n.1 [f. Bend v. Also e.m.E. (1591).]
1. A flexure or curvature.c1420 Wynt. v. 159.
That palme tre … but brayd or bend, Ewyn as before stud wp on end
2. A leap or spring.1513 Doug. v. vi. 58.
Befor thame all furth bowtis with a bend Nysus a far way 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4292.
Scho lap vpon me with ane bend 1529 Id. Complaynt 181.
Castand galmoundis, with bendis and beckis c1550 Id. Meldrum 519.
He … bowtit fordwart, with ane bend 15.. Christis K. 48 (B).
Platfute he bobbit vp with bendis 15.. Lichtoun Dreme 17.
I … kest my self richt with ane michtie bend
3. A blow.a1500 Peblis to Play 23.
Quod he thy bak sall beir ane bend 1581 Sempill Sat. P. xliii. 21.
Bulworkis nor batellis bydis her [sc. Fortune] nocht a bend; Quha may withstand her straik?