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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Golenȝeour, n. [Cf. Gole(i)nȝeis,n. pl.] A deceitful person. —1590 Reg. Privy C. IV. 525.
The said Robert … misusit the haill magistrattis thairof [sc. Aberdeen], calland thaim unworthy magistrattis and golenȝeouris 1721 Kelly Prov. 307.]
[The greedy man and the gileynour are soon agreed

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