A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Herkin-,) Herkenare, n. [ME. herkener, herkner (1340).] A listener. —1456 Hay I. 78/33.
The tane is a grete tratlar, the tothir a still herkenare
