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: 1399-1400
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Creance, v. [ME. creaunce (Chaucer), creance, OF. creancer.] tr. To entrust on credit. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 764.
Gyf I mycht trew That thu as lele man wald quyt me The gud that I suld creance thé
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