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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: 1508-1515, 1600

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May(i)ng, vbl. n. [e.m.E. mayeng (Malory).] Sporting and rejoicing as in May, celebration of the month of May; participation in May festivities. —c1508 Chepman and Myllar Prints vi. a, Title.
Here begynnys the mayng or disport of Chaucer
c1515 Asloan MS I. xv.
Maying
1600 Errol Par. Rec. in Mill Mediæval Plays 244.
That thair be no maying nor profanatioun off the Sabboth be Maies in na tyme cuming

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