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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Nom(e, v. p.t. [North. and midl. ME. nomen, nome, (Cursor M.) nom, OE. (Anglian) nómon plur. p.t. of niman v. to take. (ME. also had nam, nom(e, OE. nam sing. p.t., and name, OE. námon pl. p.t. The pres. t. stem, ME. nime(n etc., OE. niman, appar. did not survive into Sc.) For the p.p. see Nummin.] Took. (Only in rhyme in early verse.) — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiv. 46.
In tempil as thai brocht Jhesum & in armis sone hyme nom a1400 Ib. xxv. 567.
The wey he nome … & come to Rome ?1438 Alex. ii. 632.
His wife and barnis him with nome [: come p.t.] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1812.
Maxwell … On to the sotheroun the gaynest wayis nom [: com p.t.] a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 590.
With that his horse he nome [: outcome] a1500 Ib. 1047.
The knycht he be the brydill nom [: com p.t.]
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