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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: 1576

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(Dwalm,) Dwam, v. [Also in later Sc. and n. Eng. dial.] intr. To faint or swoon. —1576 Criminal Trials I. 54.
He said to me that hir seiknes was ane cauld blude, … that causit hir to dwam and vigous [sic] away

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