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.
Na resoun, n. (Rendering AF. noun raysoun: cf Unresoun n.) —14.. Acts I. 111/2.
As lang as the defendour … defendis torte & na reson [orig. quamdiu … defendat torth & noun raysoun] quhilk is callyt wrang & unlaw