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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: 1532, 1596

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Enjoin, Enjoyne, v. [ME. enjoyne (c 1300), OF. enjoign-, enjoindre.] tr. a. To attach as a privilege. b. To appoint. —1532 Acts II. 336/1.
Sic … lordis as sall pleis the kingis grace to enjoin to thame … to haue voit
1596 Dalr. I. 145 marg.
He enioynes to the ȝouth a maner of lyueng

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