A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mid-,) Mydwaxand, pres. p. Of the moon: In the middle of its waxing, i.e. in the first quarter. —c1420 Wynt. ii. 1180.
The swn … avaland was, And the mwne … As in mydwaxand tuk the hycht
