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: 1499-1535, 1597-1598, 1690
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Dunt, Dont, n. [ME. (once) dount (c 1420). Otherwise chiefly Sc. and n. Eng. dial.] A heavy blow.a1500 Doug. King Hart 537.
Conscience to Syn gave sic ane dunt, Quhill to the erd he flaw 1513 Id. Æn. v. vii. 73.
The stern Erix was wont To feght in bargane, and geif mony dont 1513 Ib. xi. Prol. 61.
Than mon we … Nowder be … blunt, Nor as cowartis to eschew the first dunt 1535 Stewart 35855.
With ane dunt the dur sone vp tha dang a1500 Peblis to Play 118.
Thow seruice ane dunt of me … . Ane dunt, quod he, quhat dewill is that? a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 20.
Words are but wind, but dunts are the devil c 1690 Roxb. Ball. VI. 616.
Double dunts upon their rumps The lads began to fa' then
