A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1570, 1640
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Handwerk, -wark, -work, n. Also: hendwork. [e.m.E. hand-work, ME. handwerk, OE. handweorc.] = Hande-, Handywerk. —c1420 Wynt. iii. 968 (W).
Till the smyth … Within his handwork [E.2 his awin handwerk] wes dede 1570 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 22.
The desolatt craftismen and pure laboraris, quhilkis ar now putt to extreme povertie for falt of laubouris and hand wark1640 Dumfries Treas. Acc. 9.
To ... smythes for hendwork
