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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: 1399-1400
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Fawning, vbl. n. [ME. fawnyng, faunyng (a 1300), vawenunge (a 1225).] Fawning. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 1400.
The lyone thane mad hyme fawnynge, & takine of pece with beknynge
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