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Quotation dates: 1399-1438, 1500-1560
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Divinour, n. Also: dyvyn-, dyvin-, divynour; devin-, dewynour. [ME. dyvyn-, dyvinour (c 1330), devynour (14th c.), OF. de-, divinour, L. dīvīnātor.] One who practises divination; a diviner.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 243.
Thane gert he divynouris bryng, That knawlag had in althing ?1438 Alex. ii. 2543.
The autoures … That philosophers and dyuinours war c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxiii. 6.
Divinouris, rethoris, and philosophours 1513 Doug. viii. viii. 94.
Ane ancyent dyvynour thame withhaldis 1513 Ib. xii. v. 93.
A spa man and diuinour sle 1533 Boece vi. ii. 188.
Natholok … lauborit diligentlie be divinouris, spamen & witchis to affray his inemyis(b) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2860.
His dewynouris he gart but hone Be callede 1531 Bell. Boece I. 111.
The devinouris interpret thaim to signify gret trubill 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 2098.
We ar spa men, suithsayaris and deuinouris
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