A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1375-1475, 1533
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Inew, Ynew(e, a. [Var. of Enew a., with i or y as in ME. inew, ynew.] Enough in number.1375 Barb. i. 558.
His systir son him slew, And gud men als, ma then inew 1375 Ib. xvii. 545 (E).
Rycht gud armys inew thai had c1420 Wynt. viii. 4342.
Wyth stanys thare thai made swylk pay, For thare off thanne inew had thay c1450-2 Howlat 176.
Thar was pyotis and partrikis … ynewe c1450-2 Ib. 282.
Erlles of ancestry and vtharis ynewe 1456 Hay I. 61/17.
He … had folk ynewe at will c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 192.
Of ws thai haiff wndoyne may than ynew 1533 Boece iv. vii. 135.
In his few legiouns was men ynewe to strike the instant batell
