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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Confidence, -ens, n. Also: confiedence. [ME. (c 1430) and OF. confidence, L. confidentia.] Confidence, trust.a1500 Henr. Fab. 1578 (quhilk in thair lustis maist confidence hauis). 1490 Irland Mir. I. 138/14 (hir ferme hop and confidens in the Lord). 1551 Hamilton Cat. 20 (we suld pray to him with gret confidence). a1578 Pitsc. I. 232/4 (thair haill hope and confiedence of thair weill fair). 1596 Dalr. I. 232/4 (the confidens that in the Saxonis he had).

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