A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1500
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New, Neu, v.1 [ME. newe(n, etc., e.m.E. new, obsol. after the early 16th c., OE. níwian.] a. tr. To renew; to perform again, recommence; to remake, revive, restore. b. intr. To be renewed or revived.a. (1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xli. 117.
Thane the prefet newit his spek ?1438 Alex. 11. Prol. 3.
And nychtingalis thare notis neuis ?1438 Ib. 2349.
The Bauderane newit that gamyng agane 1453 Maxwell Chart. 174.
I oblis me … to conferm and new agayn the said gyft a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 545.
Sen thow will be thair thy cunnandis to new(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints xlv. 115.
Thare strinthis til eke & sa to nev thare vertu fand ?1438 Alex. ii. 5734.
Now sall the wirship newit be Of auld men a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1071.
Thow salbe newit at neid with nobillay eneuchb. ?1438 Alex. ii. 621.
Quhen in ald men sic wourship neuis
