A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Forainer,) Forrayner, n. Also: foraigner, forrai(n)gner, -agner, -aineuer, forenar. [ME. forynar (c 1460), foreyner (1413), f. Forain(e,a. and n.] A foreigner.1600 Reg. Privy S. MS. LXXI. 142.
The said forrayneris schip 1606 Acts IV. 297/1.
For … preserving of the samin [castle] frome forenaris 1611-57 Mure II. 244.
Ane armie of desperat forraingners 1663 Conv. Burghs III. 567.
Goodis … transported by foraigners
