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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1535

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Deding, Dedinȝe, v. [Variants of Dedeigne v., Dedenȝe v.1] To deign. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 203.
God thé forȝelde … Thus mekly that dedinȝeis thé To spek hamely with sic as me 1535 Stewart 19130.
Greit thank … Be to thy king … That wald deding … Ws to support in oure necessitie

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