A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Linal,) Lynall(e, irreg. var. of Lineal(l a. —c1420 Wynt. vi. 2314 (C).
[Fra] Malcolme regnyt, the tende person Be discens lynalle ewyn downe Was Robert the secund 1596 Paisley B. Rec. 185.
James Urie … his lynall descendant, appeirand lawfull air to the said umquhile James
