Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

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

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

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

Din, a. Also: dine, dinn(e, dyn. [Variant of Dun a.] Of a dull or dingy colour. 1513 Doug. viii. ix. 26 (R).
Ane dyn lyoun skyn with nalis of gold a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxxviii. 122.
Thair gownis scant to schaw thair skin Suppois it be that oft full dine [Q. dun] 1586 Calderwood IV. 489.
A dinne hummill kow 1589 Digest Justiciary Proc. M. 4.
The slauchter & striking of ane din ȝallow hors 1618 Annandale Corr. 277.
The subsherife and his baleefes … hes takin away ane din nage 1619 Black Bk. Taymouth 441.
He brocht … thre kye, ane … brandit. ane vther blak, the thrid wes dyn 1665 Grant Chart. 347.
The dinn pouny a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 117.
They … brought him forth of the field on a din hackney