A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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No man. [Midl. and south. ME. no man: cf. Na man.] No one. —c1400 Troy-bk. i. 314, ii. 213. c1420 Wynt. viii. 5194.
So suld no man here prysyt be c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 1250. Brus xiv. 306 (C). Ib. xvi. 245. a1500 Colk. Sow i. 125.
