A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Glen(n)ing, Glenyng, vbl. n. [e.m.E. gleenynge (1535), ME. glenynge (c 1440).] The act of gleaning; corn that is or may be gleaned. —1563 Inverness B. Rec. I. 104.
Quha beis fundin … glennyng sall pay … the skayth his narrest nychtbour sustenis throcht the glennyng 1623 Reg. Great S. 186/1.
Cum molendinis, lie glenyngis, girssingis, scheillingis … que ad monasterium de Ycolmkill pertinuerunt 1637 Ib. 235/2.
Cum molendinis, piscariis, lie glenyngis, gerssingis, scheillingis, ab antiquo vic. de Tarbet 1672 Highland P. I. 255.
With all … glennings, grassings, sheellings, … whatsomever
