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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Panich, n. [Cf. 17th c. Eng. panique, -ick, adj. (1603); also noun, emotion aroused by Pan (1627), in this sense (1708); F. panique adj. (15th c. in Littré). Cf. also Panatick a.] A sudden contagious feeling of terror. —1640 Anal. Scot. I. 388.
Ther panich soir mead the most pairt of theme flie the toun

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