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: 1456-1646
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Ganting, -yng, Gaunting, vbl. n. [f. Gant v.] Yawning.1456 Hay II. 126/31.
That it be … suete in thy mouth but ryfting or bolking or gantyng c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 140 b/17.
Quhen thair ganting is gane, Thay gaip, thay glour, thay grane 15.. Sym & Bruder 134.
He swownit & he swelt almaist For gaping & for ganting 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 12.
As gif the hoill bodie be heauie with … ganting of mowth a1605 Montg. Flyt. 346 (H).
All groomes … at thy ganting be agasta1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 455.
Gaunting is wil wanting 1601 Melvill 495.
An altering in my breath With schuddring cauld and ganting 1624 Dalyell Superst. 124.
Christian Gow, … by ganting and whispering over the said diseased persone, maid him that he instantlie became wholl and weill a1646 Wedderburn Vocab. 19.
Oscedo, gaunting
