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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: 1499-1550
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Dement, a. [L. dēment-, dēmens.] Demented, insane. — a1500 Bernardus 21.
Dame Fortowne, cruele and dement c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii. 290.
With mind dement vneis scho micht sustene The wordis scharp
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