A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lane, n.3 [Nonce-adoption of L. lāna (F. laine).] Wool. Earlier charters, e.g. 1363 The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1306–1424 (1912) 38/2, have lanam, correa et pelles: cf. woll, skynnis, hydis in The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland (1844) I. 61/2. —1641 Acts V. 437/1.
[Charter to Kirkcudbright] with power to buy and sell lane skyne hydis
