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, 1560
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Kenenes, n. [e.m.E. kenesse (1530).] Fierceness, ferociousness, cruelty. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 2524.
He [the wolf] dred his lyfe, and he ouertane had bene, … For weill he kennit the kenenes of the doig 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 68 16.
[In women] Sic kenenes with greit crueltie Was neuer hard nor sene
