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, 1572
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First-born(e, a. [ME. (a 1340).] Oldest by birth. —1456 Hay I. 41/17.
Thai war in hope ilkane to be first borne 1572 Satirical Poems xlvii. 38.
The first borne Romain, callit Romulus