A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lind, Lynd(e, n. Also: leynd. [ME. and e.m.E. lynde. ME., e.m.E. and OE. linde, lind. (Cf. Line n.3).]Chiefly, but not invariably, rhyming with words which had ind in OE.: cf. note to Kind n.
Properly, the linden or lime tree.Chiefly or only in verse, and used there, as also in ME … as a vague term for trees generally: in various verse-formulæ or tags, as (as) licht as (leif of) (the) lynd (ME., a 1310), and under (the) lynd (ME., c 1314) = in woodland. in the open, also undir wod lynd.(1) a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 289.
Yit sall be licht as leif of the lynd lest —c1500 Crying of Play 16 [see Licht a. 1 (2)]. —1513 Doug. x. ii. 57.
That man, light as lynd [: wynd] 1535 Stewart 36169.
Syne vp and doun, als lycht as leif of lynd [: fynd], He ran(2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 196.
Ma wormis … Nor thair is gers on grund or leif on lynd [M. leynd; rh. behind, fynd, bind] a1568 Bann. MS. 77 a/32.
Ane pure begeir, Haittit and hairtles and bair as leife on lind [: wind, find](3) a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 123.
Sum better boid word to abide vndir wod lynd [: kynde. fynd, bynd] c1500 Crying of Play 101.
I haue bene bannist under the lynd [: fynd, wynd] Full lang 1513 Doug. vii. vi. 125.
Sum othiris went ȝelland vnder the lynd [: wynd] a1550 Tayis Bank 45.
Allone vnder the lusty lynd [: wynd, wodbynd, fynd] I saw ane lusum lent 15.. Clar. iv. 1772.
The deir doun cumis … The hunteris lurkis law under the lynde [: behinde](4) 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 74.
The watir lynnys rowtis, and euery lynd Quhislit and brayt of the swouchand wynd
