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: 1499-1500
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Invent, p.p. [e.m.E. (a 1520), L. inventus.] Found out, discovered. —a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow ii. 119.
A cornar of a cuntre seuerall, Nocht than invent, inhabit as it lay