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: 1399-1400, 1481, 1655
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Gaing, Gayn(g, vbl. n. [Northern ME. gaing (a 1300), f. Ga v.] Going (down, out; to = down). —a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 292.
Sone eftyr the sone gayn done 1481 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 462.
Apone a day betuix the sone rysing and gaing to of that ilk 1655 Lanark B. Rec. 156.
For … gaing out with the bell quhen the corpis is liftit
