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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: 1400-1500

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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. 1487 Brus xiv. 306 (C).1487 Ib. xvi. 245. a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 125.

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