A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Contentis, n. pl. [e.m.E. contentes (1509), L. contenta, pl. of contentum Content n.2] Contents. —1531 Bell. Boece I. p. iii.
The contentis and maist notable thingis in this buke c1552 Lynd. Mon. 707.
Quhen hevin and erth and thare contentis Wer endit
