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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: 1499-1500, 1573-1596

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Michti-, Mychtines, n. Also: mightienes. [ME. mihtinesse (14th c.), e.m.E. mighti-, myghtynes. f. Michty a.: cf. Michtnes.] Strength, power, greatness. —a1500 Bernardus 301.
Throw mychtines and confort of the wyne
1573 Davidson Satirical Poems xl. 286.
To let the tyrannis se his michtines
a1578 Pitsc. I. 80/3.
To advance his mightienes
1596 Dalr. I. 183/27.
For the valientnes of his courage and mychtines of his spirit

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