A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1438, 1531-1560
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Cieteȝan, Cietiȝan, n. Also: cieteȝen; ceteȝan(e, -ȝen. [Variant of Citeȝan(e. Cf. Cietenar(e,n.] A citizen.c1420 Wynt. iv. 1864 (W).
The ceteȝenis of Cartage all c1420 Ib. v. 845.
He … slew the ceteȝanis all doune 1531 Bell. Boece I. 158.
The cruell slauchter of the senat and cieteȝanis of Rome 1533 Id. Livy I. 38/30.
He gaif occasioun to the cieteȝanis thareof to ische out of the toun 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4922.
The cietiȝanis [of Rome] … had greit weiris with all about them lay 1560 Ib. 4932. ?1438 Alex. ii. 1827.
Now the cieteȝenis ar went agane ?1438 Ib. 1833.
