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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: 1375-1603

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Front, n. Also: froynt(t, frount(e, frownt, frunt. [ME. front, frount (c 1290), OF. front, L. front-, frons.]

1. The forehead.a1400 Legends of the Saints xi. 288.
Quhene thai … had The croice in thare froyntis made
a1400 Ib. xxvii. 1546.
He … prayt thaim … The takine of the cors to mak One thar froynttis
a1447 Bower Scotichr. II. 376.
Als brankand as a bole in frontis [L. effurens fronte, ut taurus]
a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 126.
He that dang sanct Augustine with ane rumple Thy fowll front had
1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9542.
Froith ran fra fronts of the feirs forsie steids
a1585 Polwart Flyt. 817 (T).
Jok blunt, thrawin frunt
1603 Philotus xcvi.
The feind resaue the feckles frunt

2. The foremost line, esp. of an army.1375 Barb. xi. 108.
Of thai war thre thousand … Till mak the front of the battale
1375 Ib. xvii. 569.
The Inglis men come on … Richt in a frount vith a baner
?1438 Alex. i. 313.
In the formaist front befoir He sawe mare than ane hundreth scoir
?1438 Ib. 826.
Mony steid … He saw into the front cumaud
c1450-2 Howlat 157.
Come four fasandis … in the first front
c1450-2 Ib. 492.
Wend on … Throw the batell in bront, Ay formast in the front
1535 Stewart 9752.
Corbred than orderit hes the feild … , The leg harnes in to the formast front

b. In the phrase in front.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 661.
Thai mycht pas off that land, Betuix a rock and the gret wattir sid, Bot iiij in front
c1475 Ib. 809.
Endlang the schoir ay four in frount thai past
a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 217.
Fergy in frunt past, And Fynny followit him fast
15.. Clariodus iv. 1016.
Thir foure in frunt … forward ar thay gone

3. The foremost part of anything.c1400 Troy-bk. i. 227.
The housses in the frount before All of a hight
1462 Peebles B. Rec. 147.
At ilke man haf his dykkis mad … sowfychand bath for front and hede rowm
c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 830.
Ane othir awkwart apon the face tuk he, Wysar and frount bathe in the feild gart fle
1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 40.
With frosyn frontis cauld clynty clewis schane
1589 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 104.
Tua ellis of blak gray to mak one front and steiffing to the schulderis

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