A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chant(e, v. [e.m.E. chant, chaunt, ME. chaunte(n, OF. chanter.] tr. and intr. To chant, to sing.a1500 Henr. Fab. 470.
The cok … syne to chant and craw he maid him boun Ib. 507.
I will … chant this sang 1549 Compl. 39/26.
The grene serene sang sueit, quhen the gold spynk chantit 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Cantillo, to chante or chirme
