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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1475
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Connand, n. Also: cownnand. [ME. connande (14th c.), variant of Conand.] A covenant. a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 842.
He suddandly suld fulfil The connand he mad thame til 1400 Maxwell Mem. 142.
Gyf it hapnis Schyr Ion … thir forsayd connandis in ony … artykyl tyl agayn cum c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1856.
Pallamidas … with Troyens had All trety and full connand maid c1420 Wynt. vii. 3325.
The letteris selyt of connande Till the Kynge Alexander of Scotlande In gret hy he gert be send c1420 Ib. viii. 4346.
He held cownnand thare off rycht welle 1433 Maxwell Mem. 163.
The qwhilk condicioun and connand I oblis me, … to kepe and to fulfill 1456 Hay I. 37/17.
The King … maid his vowe … and he held gude connand, for … he gert it pas in ma na fyfty burnis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1345.
To Bruce sen syne he kepit na connand c1475 Ib. xi. 541.
Lord off Breichyn sic connand had thaim maid
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