A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*(Hunger-,) Houngered, ppl. a. Starved, famished. = Hungert, Hungrit. —1600-1610 Melvill 263.
Young berdles men, sillie, trauchled and houngered