A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Danto(u)ning, vbl. n. [f. Dantoun,v.] Subduing, suppressing, daunting. —1569-73 Bann. Memor. 2.
The Regent was vpon the Boarders for dantouning of the theives a1578 Pitsc. I. 115/4.
Thinkand that he had … tyred all his subiectis in the … dantoning of the Erle of Douglas 1581 Burne Disput. 21 b.
To abstene from certane meattis for fasting, penitence, and dantoning of the fleshe 1608 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 296.
To pas fordward … vpon the north yles, for dantoning of the insolent inhabitantis thairof
