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: 1577-1588
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Disda(i)ning, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1556).] Scorning. —a1578 Pitsc. I. 81/6.
His proudfull ambitioun and disdainning of the pepill 1588 King Catechism 133.
All bitternes, wraithe, disdaning, clamour [etc.]
