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
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Genesis, n. [L. genesis. In this sense also in e.m.E. (1624).] One's nativity or horoscope. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 430.
Gyf I bryng thé Thi wyf quyk … Wil thu renunce to genesis a1400 Ib. 434.
Inpossible thing is, That ocht be done but genesis [L. extra genesin]
