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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Leve-taking, -yng, n. [To tak leve, Leve n. 3, and cf. e.m.E. leave-taking (c 1564) and Lefe-taking.] Obtaining permission to depart, taking leave, saying farewell. —1375 Barb. ii. 143.
[He] passyt furth but leve-taking Ib. iii. 347.
Men mycht haiff sene … At leve-takyng the ladyis gret

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