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: 1509, 1576
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Mark-, Merk-stane, -sten, n. [ON. mark-steinn. Cf. north. ME. merkstan (1364), e.m.E. mark(e)-stone. In the mod. dial. of Orkney and Shetland, and also (rarely) of south Scotl.] In Orkney: = March-stane n. —1509 Rec. Earld. Orkney 82 (see March n.2 4).
Mark-stenys —1509 Ib.
Mark-stane 1576 Ib. 139.
As the merkstaineis wes set of befoir within the dykis
