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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.

Meno(u)n, Minoun, n. [Conjectured as repr. an AF. formation on OE. myne str. masc., some kind of small fish: cf. the corresp. late ME. (c 1420) and e.m.E. menow(e, minnow, etc., prob. repr. OE. *mynwe wk. fem. Common, as minn-, mennon, -en, etc., in the mod. dial.] A minnow. —1375 Barb. ii. 576.
Gynnys to tak geddis and salmonys, Trowtis, elys and als menovnys [H. menons]
a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1394.
Stand abak burges, your meirs schytis minouns

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