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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: 1498-1540
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Ingent, a. [Late ME. (c 1450), L. ingens.] Immense, very great. — a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1160.
Thai [sc. the torments of hell] ar sa ingent and wounderlie extreme 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3458.
That speciall luife ingent God had to man
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"Ingent adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/ingent>
