A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Glewen, n. (?) —?1438 Alex. ii. 9739.
The suerd … sa neir by his schoulder gais It bris the glewen [F. cointise, v.r. coiffe] all in sondir
