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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1586
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Haltane, Haltan(d, adj. Also: haltyn. [Variant of Hautane adj., with Sc. al for au.] Proud, haughty; esp. arrogant, presumptuous. Common in tags with hie.(a) c1450-2 Howlat 923.
How the howlat him bure So hie & so haltane a1500 Adv. MS. 25.4.15 fol. 162.
& the tother be sa haltan that he will nocht tak a mendis of him he may folow the schip c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 59.
Revin, raggit ruke, … I se thé haltane in thy harlotrie c1500-c1512 Kennedy c1500-c1512 Ib. 441.
Haltane [M. haltand] harlot 1533 Boece iv. ix. 139.
Romanis haltane & proude be this avantage 1533 Ib. xvi. 151 b.
To declyne thare haltane pride be humanite … is invane 1535 Stewart 8676.
How Dedius, with haltane mind and hie Maliciouslie malingis agane me a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xlvii. 59, Ib. 99.
Be nocht haltane nor dangerousabsol. a1500 Golagros and Gawane 963.
With baith his handis in haist that haltane couth hew(b) 1513 Doug. vi. ix. 119.
Prowd and haltand in hys hart walkyt he 1535 Stewart 38236.
Quhomeof he wox so haltand and so hie 1535 Ib. 55706.
[He] gaif thame feild with haltand wordis hie 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 6706.
Scho him gaue sum wordis outrageous, Hie and haltand, and verray dispittous (a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitland Folio MS xi. 25.
Hely harlottis on haltan vys Com in with mony haltand gys(c) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 844.
He lewch and said thir haltyn [1570, haultand] words on hycht
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