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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Gnedschepe, n. [f. ME. gnede miserly.] Niggardness. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii. 52.
For pryde … Herbryt in hyre mycht be na vise, … na gnedschepe, na glutony
