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: 1499-1533
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Divinatioun, n. Also: -ation, -acion, -acioun. [ME. divinacioun (Chaucer), dyvyn-, OF. divination, L. dīvīnātio.] Divination. —a1500 Henr. Orph. 552 (the craft of divinacion). 1513 Doug. iii. vi. 10 (god Apollis diuinationys). 1513 Ib. ix. vi. 45 (with his diuinatioun). 1533 Bell. Livy I. 99/3 (this prophecy and divinacioun).
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