A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Ointit,) Oincted, -id, ppl. a. [ME. oyntyd (Wyclif), e.m.E. ointed (a 1547), Oint v.] Anointed. —1548 Knox III. 519.
The shaven, oincted or smeared priests 1581-1623 James VI Poems II. 34/13.
Nou knou I Godd preserues His oinctid king
