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: 1638-1650
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Covenanter, n. [f. Covenant,n.] A subscriber or adherent of the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643.1638 Hamilton P. (2 Nov.) 51.
I doe confes … that I take him to be a uoorse instrument then anie Couenanter 1640 Aberd. B. Rec. III. 208.
Issobell Davidsone … wes convict … for vsing imprecationis aganis the covenanteris be saying, Let newer the covenanteris hawe any pairt in the kingdome of heavine c1650 Spalding I. 154.
Few or none of this haill army wantit ane blew ribbin hung about his crag doun wnder his left arme, quhilk thay callit the covenanteris ribbin c1650 Ib. 158.
Yettis ar cassin wp, in gois thir covenanteris
