A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lin, Lein, v. [e.m.E. and ME. lin, linne, lyn(ne, OE. linnan, ON. linna. In the mod. south. Sc. dial. as lin, leen, lean (in Orkney and Shetl. as lin), and in mod. north. Eng. dial. as lin. The Sc. forms lein, leen, lean may be due to confusion with Lene v.1 (or possibly with Lend v.). (Cf. Blin v.)] intr. To cease, leave off. —1644 Boyd Garden Zion 26 (Jam.).
For th' uncle and the nephew never lin, Till out of Canaan they have chac't them clean a1689 Cleland 96.
Pareing time and all the year Is one to them, they never lein, Harvest and hay time they're as keen
