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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: 1499-1500
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Gnawyn, vbl. n. [ME. gnawyng (14th c.).] Gnawing. — a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 555.
Tharof wele plesit was the baire, And ete and leit the gnawyn be
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