A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nounenou. (? Cf. e.m.E. nonino (1593), earlier nonny nonny (1533), the meaningless song refrain.) —1549 Compl. 64/29.
[The title of a song:] The lang nounenou