A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Disdene, v. [ME. disdeyne: cf. Disdene,n.] tr. To scorn. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xl. 13.
All wyne to test scho wald disdane [M. disdene: lene] Bot mavasy 15.. Clariodus iv. 1429.
If this justing ȝe list not to disdaine [read disdene], Unto my sight and presence to atteine
