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: 1399-1400
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Netting, -yng, n.1 [e.m.E. (? only north.) nettyng (c 1475), -inge, and mod. north. and north midl. Engl. dial., appar. f. MLG. and MDu. netten to wet, also to urinate, and cf. MDu. nettinge vbl. n. wetting and mod. LG. netten urine used for washing clothes.] Urine, also as used for washing with. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xliv. 275.
Thane ves it taid … That wischcrafte & inchaunment Vith nettyng [pr. nect-] mocht be lousit sone [L. quod lotio fugarentur maleficia] a1400 Ib. 277.
Thane gert he caste on hire … Of netting [pr. nect-] a gret quantyte That foule ves to fele or se
