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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: 1498-1563, 1619

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Explane, v. [e.m.E. explane (1513), explain, L. explānāre.] tr. To make clear, to explain.a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 766.
Than sall our consciens all our trespas explane
a1499 Ib. 1372.
That pereles plesans thair may na speche explane
1549 Complaynte of Scotland 24/1.
Thir cheptours … explanis the thretnyng … of Gode contrar obstinat, vicius pepill
1562-3 Winȝet II. 46/32.
Thir thingis ar … mair fullelie to be tretit and explanit
1619 Garden Elphinstoun 431.
All theorems of law … he did explane

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