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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1586
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Constellacioun, -atioun, n. Also: -atyown, -ation(e; constillatioun. [ME. constellacioun (Chaucer), -stillacioun (c 1320), OF. constellation, L. constellātio. The forms in -still- were prob. influenced by L. stillātio ‘dropping’.] A constellation; stellar influence.(a) 1375 Barb. iv. 720 (E).
The constellatioun That kyndlik maners gifs thaim till c1420 Wynt. ii. 613.
Thai that … felys thare complexiownys Movyd be constellatyownys Discordand 1456 Hay I. 77/33.
The caus cummys of the hevinly influence and constellacionis 1456 Ib. 78/3; etc.
Of disposicioun of the hevynnis and of thair constellaciouns c1420 Ratis Raving 849.
Sum quhill [men are] as constellacions Rignys of generaciouns a1500 Henr. Fab. 637.
Quhat influence and constellatioun Wes like to fall vpon the eirth adoun 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 56/19.
To speik of the influens and constellation of the soune and mune a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitland Folio MS xxix. 3.
O clene mistemperit constellatioun, O ewill aspect in my natiuitie(b) 1487 Brus iv. 720 (C).
The constillacioune That kyndly maneris giffis thaim til 1513 Doug. xi. vi. 75.
The sorofull constillatioun of Mynerve, Quhilk causyt mony douchty man to sterve 1535 Stewart 25,908.
Vexit he wes with grit infirmitie, Be constillatioun of the planetis hie a1500 Henr. Orph. 572 (B).
Ilk man … Suld dreid to sers be constillatioun Thingis to fall vndir the firmament
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