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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: 1490

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Finit, Fynit(e, a. [Late ME. fynyte (1493), L. fīnītus.] Finite, limited in amount. —c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 18/15.
The synnis are fynite, and thocht thai war infinite, ȝit his merit excedis in gudnes 1490 Id. Mir. fol. 178.
Thar is na thing fynit that man may think one, bot he may think a mare gretare thing

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