A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Note, n.1 Also: not. [ME. note, not, noote (c 1440), appar. obsol. after c 1450 except in some special dialect uses, OE. notu fem. In Sc., only in 14th and 15th c. verse.]
A business or employment; a task or duty; a purpose or function; (a person's) behaviour or actions (also plur., id.).1375 Barb. xiii. 173.
Thai … had apon hand So gret not that thai war effrait a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 691.
Thai twa ware lykest For sic not to be the best a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 823.
Noy you noght at his note that nobill is to nevin Ib. 1116.
Than thei nobillis at neid yeid to thair note new 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 425.
Euyr hamis conuenient for sic noteplur. c1420 Wynt. vi. 566 (W).
Quhare than the Pightis notis Occupiit and maid thare duelling a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 501.
Yit sal I. reve thame thair rentis … Thoght I suld fynd thame new notis for this ix yeir Ib. 506.
Quhat nedis … sic notis to nevin 1513 Doug. vi. iv. 26.
Sum slevit knyvis in the bestis throtis And otheris, quhilk war ordand for sik notis, The warm new blude keppit
