A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nynd(e, a. [ME. (appar. chiefly or only north. and north midl.) nend (Cursor M.), neynd, neghend (Rolle), nynde (c 1400), nihend (c 1400), niȝhennde (Orm), late OE. niᵹend, ON. noundi. Cf. Nynt(e and Nynth.] Ninth. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 24.
Of Ysachiel in the nynd chapiter Ib. xxxvi. 590. 1409 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 74.
The yheir of grace m cccc the nynde c1420 Wynt. vi. 5. Ib. ix. 962.
