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: 1490-1578
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Concupiscence, -ens, n. Also: -issence, -issance. [ME. (14th c.) and OF. concupiscence, L. -iscentia.] Desire, lust.1490 Irland Mir. I. 85/37 (concupiscence and inclinacioune to syn). 1490 Ib. fol. 304 b (carnale concupiscens vtouth mariage). 1513 Doug. i. iii. 100 comm. (concupissence to ryng). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4879 (that first originall syn, concupiscence). 1562-3 Winȝet II. 63/19 (be an insatiable concupiscence). a1578 Pitsc. II. 69/10 (all concupissance and desyre).