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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: <1375, 1375, 1503

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Ermyn(g, n. [ME. ermyn(e, ermine (a 1200), OF. ermine. Cf. armyng Armine.] Ermine. —1332 Exchequer Rolls I. 431.
In viginti pellibus de ermyn 1342 Ib. 482.
In empcione duarum pellium de ermyn 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II. 236.
Ane collair to the goun lynyt with ermyng 1503 Ib.
For vj skinnis of ermyng to the collar and cuffis of the said goun

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