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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1515

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Feynit, ppl. a. Also: feynyt, feyned. [ME. feyned (c 1374).] Feigned; feigning. —1456 Hay I. 273/9.
All that he had said was untrew, and feynyt thing
1456 Ib. II. 89/32.
In his hert, he is feynyt and vaynglorious
a1500 Henr. Orph. 416.
Boece … To wryte this feynit fable tuke in cure
c1515 Asloan MS I. 324/16.
The opinionis of feynit pohetis and fals gentilis & ydolatris
c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 79.
Fair feynit fortune, and lemand Lucina

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