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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.

Bolnyng, vbl. n. [ME. bolnyng(e, bolning (c 1300).] Swelling. —c1420 Wynt. vii. 2571 (W).
All with bolnyng, brag and bost, Thai brak apon the Franche ost a1500 Henr. Orph. 362 (479).
Alecto is the bolnyng [B. bolling] of the harte c1520-c1535 Nesbit 2 Cor. xii. 20.]
[Bolnyngis be pride

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