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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: 1531, 1616

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Lament, n. [L. lāmentum, e.m.E. lament (1591).] A lamenting, lamentation. —1531 Bell. Boece ii. 465.
Avoid all this lament and dolour out of your breistis 1616 Brus xx. 282 (H).
The lament and sorrow … That tha folk for thair lord maid

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