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.
Quotation dates: 1565-1602
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Cene, n. [ME. cene (14th c.), F. cène, L. cēna.] The Communion. —1565 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 357.
Be the Quenis grace precept, for the Cene on Skyre Thursday 1602 Colville Parænese 65.
Vhilk scriptur seamit to exclud such … from baptism as frome the Cene