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: 1570, 1622-1626
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Dolphines, n. [e.m.E. dolphynesse (1548), f. Dolphin(e,n. Cf. Dalphinesse.] The dauphiness of France. —1570 Leslie 268.
All lettres in Scotland [were to be] styled ‘Frances and Marie … Dolphyne and Dolphines of Vien’ 1622-6 Bisset I. 38/9.
Oure maist deir … sone, the king dolphin, and oure darrest … dochter, the quene of Scottis, dolphines, his spous
