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: 1399-1400
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Kang, v. [? Cf. early ME. (only the west midl. Ancrene Riwle and Katherine Gronp) cang, chang, hang adj., foolish, silly, of unknown derivation, also as noun and with various derivatives.] tr. ? To befool, trick. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 24.
[Old women] callit wis wifis, … thai sa men kangis al, In to gret elde fra thai fal
