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: 1499-1549
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(Fin,) Fyn, n. [ME. fyn(ne, finne, OE. finn.] A fin. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 2791.
How can thow fleit without fedder or fyn a1500 Id. III. 151/44.
The fyn of ane fluke 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 37/17.
The pretty fische … vitht there rede vermeil fynnis
