A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bywent, p.p. [By adv. 2.] Bygone, past.c1475 Wall. i. 6.
Till honour ennymyis is our haile entent, It has beyne seyne in thir tymys bywent 1513 Doug. vi. xii. 40.
For thar inveterat vycis ald bywent By punitioun satisfactioun to mak Ib. x. i. 129.
Sa feill dangeris bywent and ourdryve Our streym and landis 1533 Bell. Livy I. 4/8.
Considdir of Romanis, in all thare tyme bywent, Baith wikkit fortoun & prosperiteis
