A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Born(e, p.p. and ppl. a. [p.p. of Bere v.]
1. Having a specified character, rank, nationality, etc., by birth.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xi. 26.
To borne blynd thu giffis sycht c1460 Consail Wys Man 133.
Be thow nener so hely born c1475 Wall. i. 112.
Weile trastyt in, borne familiar a1570-86 Maitland M. Fol. xviii. 17.
Ȝe … that ar Scottis borne 1583 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 13.
Ane baxters sone, ane beggar borne(2) 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 15.
He quha is challenged be his liege (bondman) or natiue (borne man)
2. Born man (or bairn), a native of (in) a place.a1578 Pitsc. I. 195/31.
Captaine Hendersoun ane borne man of Hadingtoune a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI, 147.
This Bell was a borne man in Stirline, and knew all the secret passages thairof 1644 Elgin Rec. II. 248.
Johne Donaldsone … being ane borne bairn of Elgin
