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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Pans, n.2 (? OF. panse a thought. Cf. Pans v. 1.) — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 389.
Thair [sc. minstrels'] instrumentis in tonis felis And all thair plat pure pansis Coud no the fete of ony dansis
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