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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: 1456, 1585-1586

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Grenes, Greinnes, n. [ME. grenes, grennes, OE. grénnes, and ME. green-, grenenes.] Greenness. —1456 Hay II. 130/32.
All growth gais bakwart, and all grenes away gais a1586 Lindsay MS. 35 b.
The fleur delice … signifyis … for greinnes blythnes

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