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: 1500-1599
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Inchoatioun, n. [e.m.E. inchoation (1530), late L. inchoātio.] Beginning. —15.. Black Bk. Taymouth 163.
Gart me newlie mak inchoatioun Off cruell murthure on my awin natioun