A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bygon(e, Anglicized form of Bygane p.p. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxi. 9.
Lossit is my tyme bygone [: dispone] a1568 Scott xxi. 5.
The tormenting in tym bygon [: vpone] c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 675.
In to the dayis bygone 1660 Melrose R. Rec. I. 327.
At Lambas, bygone a yeire
