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: 1531-1699
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Noun(e, Nowne, n. [e.m.E. and ME. nown(e (Trevisa), noun(e, AF. noun, OF. nun, num, non, nom (f. L. nōmen).] A noun, in grammar.Including both nouns substantive and nouns adjective (i.e. the mod. noun and adjective).(1) 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
Quhair in is the qualite of ane nowne partit? c 1554 Misc. Bann. C. II. 30.
Quhidder Harbargary be ane nowne or [etc.] c1616 Hume Orthog. 30.
Al nounes that wil join with a substantive ar called adjectives; as, gud, high, [etc.] c1616 Ib. 28. 16.. Rudiments fol. 1 a; etc.
M. How is a noune divided? P. In substantiue and adjectiue(2) 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
Thai that hes ane nowne substantiue to thare antecedens c 1554 Misc. Bann. C. II. 29. c1616 Hume Orthog. 33.
Ane is a noun of number … ; an a particule
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