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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hidder-cum(m)ing, vbl. n. Also: hiddir, hyddir, -yr, hither, and cumin, cummyn. Coming hither, arrival. —1513 Doug. vi. xiii. 92.
At his hyddir cummyn
1522 Douglas Corr. 86.
This is … my principall direccioun and caus of my hyddyr cumming
1553 Fam. Rose 219.
Ther expensis in ther hidder cumin
1566 Reg. Privy C. I. 490.
Sen hir hithercuming … , hir Majestie is vexit with infirmitie and seiknes
1584 Colville Lett. 82.
Since my hiddercumming

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