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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Concubine, -ein, n. Also: -yne, -en, -cupyn. [ME. (c 1300) and OF. concubine, L. concubīna.] A concubine; a bedfellow.(a) a1400 Leg. S. i. 309.
Fra Agrippe … Foure concubynis he drew away Ib. xxviii. 149.
Ȝet sal I … As concubyne thé hald … In mast daynte 1492 Myll Spect. 286/7.
The knycht Egestus quhom … scho had tane to hir concubyne c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4585.
Thocht thay haif concubynis fyftene; In to that cace thay ar ouersene 1561–2 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 375.
For harlying of Abercrommy Chanon and his concupyn upoun ane cart, ij s. c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 323.
Thocht sum schaifling wald haue ilk nycht in cure The concubyne, ane harlote, or ane hure 1571 Sempill Sat. P. xxix. 31.
The preist, I grant, his concubine wald hyde in hall or boire(b) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 245.
I think ȝour Maiestie serein Sould haue ane lustie concubein c1552 Id. Mon. 3360.
To gydder with his lustye Quenis And all his wantoun concubenis
