A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1622-1626
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Corniclare, -yklare, n. [Variant of Croniclare. Cf. Cornicle,n.] A chronicler. —c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 112 (W).
Haldand tyme be tyme the dait, As cornyklaris befor me wrate 1622-6 Bisset II. 160/15.
As Raphael Holinsched, Englis corniclare, writtis