A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Oriental(l, a. Also: -ale, -aill, -ell, oryentale, -aile. [ME. and e.m.E. orientale (Piers Plowman), -al(l, F. oriental, L. orientāl-is.] Eastern, easterly.
a. = Orient(e B 1. b. = Orient(e B 2. c. Easterly as opposed to western (part of a region).a. (1) c1420 Wynt. v. 362.
He … Past in the landys oryentale [C. oryentaile, W. orientaill] c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2988.
The Ynde Orientell Preceld in gret commoditeis(2) a1500 Bk. Chess 94.
The fyndar of this chess sport … was a philosophour orientale a1538 Abell 107 b.
Tamburlayn Impriour orientall 1549 Compl. 4/10.
The grite forse of the oriental pepil(3) a1538 Abell 28 b.
This is the difference betwix the Grekis orientaill & the Latynis occidentaillb. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxv. 26.
Haile, day sterne orientale 1549 Compl. 61/15.
The nyxt cardinal vynd is callit subsolanus or oriental quhilk the vulgaris callis estin vynd c1600 Medical Recipes 86.
Mars … is mouabill orientall & of ane masculyne kyndc. 1490 Irland Mir. I. 78/24.
Mony trowis that jt [Paradise] js vndir the cirkile equenoxiale, drawand to the orientale and est part of that climat
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Oriental adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Jan 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/orientall>
