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: 1500-1599
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Disdaine, Disdane, v.2 [Variant of Dedeigne v., by association with Disdainev.1] intr. To deign. 15.. Clariodus i. 544.
If ȝe wald disdaine with me to gone, My duelling place is at the forrestis end 15.. Ib. 1529.
If that ȝe wald disdaine with our linage For to allay 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 7811.
Wald ȝe disdane to humbill ȝour minde to me, I suld ȝow serue with all humilitie a1568 Bannatyne MS 218 b/6.
Beseikand ȝow … Ȝe wald disdane to vesy this scripture
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