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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: 1456-1460

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Fading, Faiding, vbl. n. [e.m.E. (1579).] Loss of freshness. —1456 Hay II. 123/31.
The remaynis … destroyis the vertu … of the mete throu fading of the stomak c1460 Thewis Gud Women 10.
Womenis honore … raithar brekis … , As farest rose takis sonest faidinge

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