A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Monesting, vbl. n. [ME. (1388) and e.m.E. cf. Monessing.] Calling to mind, admonition, injunction. —1375 Barb. iv. 533 (E).
We haiff thre thingis That makis us oft monestingis For to be worthi, wis and wycht … Ane is our lyffis sawfte [etc.] Ib. xx. 412.
Quhen he to thaim … Had maid a fayr monesting To do weill c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Cor. viii. 17.
He resauet exhortatioun or monesting
