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: 1549
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(Nuriss-,) Neuresant, a. [Late ME. and e.m.E. norischaunt (c 1400), norisshaunt (1450–80), OF. norissant (mod. F. nourissant), pres. p. of norir Nuris v.] = Nuris(s)andppl. a. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 61/27.
[The west wind] is neuresant for the frute of the eird
