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: 1420, 1581-1600
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Discension, -cioun, n. [ME. discensioun, -cioun, var. of descensioun, OF. descension, L. dēscensio.] Descent (by lineage or in space). —c1420 Wynt. vi. 2376 (W).
The x persone Be evin lyniall discencioun Wes Robert the secund 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 35 b.
Christis auin apostlis hauing lineall discension … vnto our dayis —1600 Id. Facile Tr. 209.
Christ be his discension to hel did delyuer the saules of the iust
