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: 1499-1513
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Diffine, -fyne, v. Also: dyffyne. [ME. diffyne (a 1400), -fine, OF. diffinir, -er, L. diffīnīre.] = Define v. —a1500 Henr. Orph. 401.
Quhat art thou, lufe, how sall I thé dyffyne [v.r. diffyne] 1513 Doug. iv. ii. 30.
The blynd myndis, quhilkis na way diffynys [R. diffinis] The fors … of luf
