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: 1399-1400, 1500-1513
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Disdenȝe, n. [Var. of Disdene n. Cf. Dedenȝe n.] Disdain. —a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 555.
Disdenȝe … had he In this ȝerde langar for to be With wordly men c1500-c1512 Dunb. xvi. 44.
Sum gevis to men of honestie, And haldis all janglaris at disdenȝie 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 475.
In cace I faill haue me not at disdenȝe 1513 Ib. xii. xii. 222.
Quhar at Dame Venus gret disdenȝe caucht
