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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1520-1566

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Convenant, -ent, n. [ME. convenant, -and (c 1300), OF. convenant, var. of Covenant.] A covenant, compact. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet III. 324 (the monyfald convenantes of mercy). 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 327 (haistelie my conuenent I brak). 1558-66 Knox II. 86 (ane aith and convenant maid in thy name).

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