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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: 1513

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Lownit, -yt, ppl. a. [Lown(e v.] Calmed, stilled. —1513 Doug. v. iv. 107.
So fersly in the feildis furth scho [the frightened dove] spryngis Quhil of hir fard the howsys ryggyng ryngis, And sone eftir, scherand the lownyt ayr, … discendis soft and fair

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