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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nyn(e)ten(e, Ninetene, num. Also: nyn(e)tein(e, -teyn(e, -tin(e, naintin, neyntine. [ME. nintene (1297), nyn(e)-, ninetene, e.m.E. nine-, nyneteen, early ME. neȝen-, niȝentene (Layamon), OE. niᵹontýne.]

1. The cardinal number nineteen.Frequent in contexts referring to the common nineteen years term for the expiry or renewal of a lease. a1400 Leg. S. xxii. 220.
Of his nynten best men c1420 Wynt. ix. 1133.
Nynteyn yere held he his state 1473 Stirlings of Keir 241.
Nyntene a1500 Bk. Chess 1995.
Thus on thre dyce Sanct Bernard kest nyntene 1507 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 709.
Togidder with tuentie crounis of gerssum for ewerie nyntene ȝeire 1521 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 159.
Nyneteyne c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3525.
Foure score of ȝeris and nynteine 1587 Acts Jas. VI c. 114 (Murray).
Nine-tene pintes 1641 Acts V. (1817) 619/2.
Nyntein 1643 Edinb. Test. LX. 237.
Nyntene 1671 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 1 Nov.
One pundis nyntin shilling 1675 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 203.
For the space of twa nyntine yeares 1683 Murray Lyon Hist. Lodge Edinb. 19.
Off the age of naintin yeares 1704 Edinb. Univ. Chart. 153.
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2. As the ordinal number: Nineteenth. 1531 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 48.
The nyntene day of the moneth of Maij 1553–4 Ib. 289. a1578 Pitsc. I. 152 h. of ch.
The nynteine buke a1595 Cullen Chron. Aberd. 35.
The nyntin day of June 1602 Dundonald Par. Rec. 28.
Nynten 1626 Fraserburgh Kirk S. 3 Sept.
The nyntein day of his repentance 1655 Rothesay B. Rec. 8.
Nyntein 1683 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 19 Sept.
The neyntine day of September 1693 Jedburgh Presb. in Hawick Arch. Soc. (1909) 14.
Nynetene 1704 Edinb. Univ. Chart. 152.
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