A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1532-1541, 1605-1616
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Line, Lyn(e, n.3 [e.m.E. and late ME. (north.) lyn (tre) (Cath. Anglic.), lyne (c 1510), line (1587), (and Eng. also had linn, lin. 1674– ), appar. var of Lind n. with assimilation of nd. The spellings suggest that, like the e.m.E. and late ME. word, the Scottish word also had the orig. lengthened vowel; but some doubt remains.] Linden or lime (tree, board, plank); also = Lind n. (1). —(1) 1535 Stewart 11275.
Als licht as lyn or ony leif of tre —(2) 1532 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 101.
For thre waild wanscot for polysouris to the said myln … xv s., item for v lyn burdis for polysouris inlikwise … vi s. viii d. 1541 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 119.
For thre lyne buirdis … to stok ane grete culvering witht … xviij s. 1605 Edinburgh Testaments XL. 56 b.
xxxvj plankis xiiij corballis, ane fir trie. ane lyntrie 1616 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. 19.
For tua line plankis to be backettis to cast the leid in
