A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schalange,) Schallangis, Schallenge, Schal(l)ans. Varr. of Chalange v. —? 1434 Ayr B. Ct. fol. 119b.
Gibbon Dawison & Rory Millare schalansit be fore the bailȝeis at the cors of forsocht fellony 14.. Quon. Attach. c. 40.
& his lorde sal schallangis him that he is in his bonde man 1657 Misc. Hist. Soc. VII 18.
Had notice of some unsuffarable speaches … ; vanquisht my ill humore soe that I had not power to schallenge them
