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.
Quotation dates: 1375-1499, 1569-1586
[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Cosinage,) Cosynage, n. Also: cosingage, cosingnage. [ME. cosyn-, cosinage (1398), var. of Cousinage.] Consanguinity, kinship. — 1375 Barb. v. 135.
A lady of that cuntre, That wes till hym in neir degre Of cosynage14.. Burgh Laws c. lxx. in Anc. Laws I. 35.
Thai sal suer that nother for radnes … na for cosynage, … thai sal nocht spare to do rycht til all men c1450-2 Howlat 912.
I am cummyn of thar kyn, be cosingage knawin 1456 Hay I. 26/30.
Nocht for knaulage of cosynage, na gossappis, na commaris of cardinalis a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xxxix. 266.
Ffor Iustice kepis nocht of no cosingnage Off hie lordschip nor ȝit of greit linage
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Cosinage n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/cosinage>
