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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1600

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Derned, ppl. a. [Derne v. Cf. Darnit, -ed.] Secret. —c1600 Gowrie's Conspiracie in Sel. Harleian Misc. (1793) 190.
He privatly … took the fellow, and bund him in a privie derned house

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