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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1481, 1535

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(Gain-,) Ganecall, n. [Northern ME. gain call (a 1300).] = Gaincalling n.1481 Rec. Earld. Orkney 193.
To be haldin fra ws … without reuocatioun or ganecall of ws
1535 Stewart 40654.
Without ony ganecall In that counsall tha war maid erlis all

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