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: 1569-1586
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Elusioun, Ellusioun, n. Also: elisioun. [e.m.E. elusion (1550).] Delusion, illusion. —a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxii. 29.
Thai ... forthoicht thair wrang intrusioun In to the kirk be fals elusioun a1578 Pitsc. I. 210/7.
Be ellusioun of the devill a1578 Ib. II. 239.
Be the elisioun [sic] and temptatioun of that … serpent
