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: 1549, 1604
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Kirn(e)-milk, Kyrn-mylk, n. [Cf. e.m.E. churnmilke (1598), also MDu. kern(e)melc, etc … ON. kjarnamjólk.] Butter-milk. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 43/2.
Thai maid grit cheir of … flot quhaye, grene cheis. kyrn mylk 1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. MS. 130.
Annent the sclander … aganis Bessie Boy annent hir kirne milk suspect to be witchcraft
