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: 1473, 1627, 1692-1693
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Lone, v. Also: lonn-, loyne, loan. [f. Lone n.1 1: cf. Loning n. 2. Appar. only Sc.] a. intr. Of cattle: To pass to and from the pasture along a loaning. b. tr. To conduct (cattle) to and from the pasture along a loaning. —a. 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 180.
Tha makand … sufficient defence of dykyn, that thar katel lonand do na schat to thar nichtburis —b. 1627 Bamff Chart. 211.
It salbe lesum to the said Johne Reid and his … tennentis … to loyne thair bestiall and guidis throw the loyne that gangis to the muiris 1692 Peebles B. Rec. II. 139.
They shall not keep, pasture nor herd ther oun … goods apairt by themselves, but loan, lair and pasture the samen with the touns goods 1693 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 533 (9 March).
The wholl kyn is to be lonned
