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: 1399-1400
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(Helding,) Heldyne, vbl. n.1 [ME. heldynge (a 1340), Of. Held(e v.1] Declension, decline. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 397.
The mone … In heldyne [L. occasu] wes of Martis house