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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1590-1605

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Maxim(e, n. Also: mexeme. [Late ME. (Lydgate) and e.m.E. maxim(e (in this sense, 1579), F. maxime.] A maxim, a rule or principle of conduct. —a1605 Montg. Misc. P. x. 3.
Mak this a maxime [L. ane mexeme] to remane, That Love beirs nane bot fools at feid c1590 Fowler II. 85/18.
These maximes and gronds quhilk other conquerours very hapelye falloued

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