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: 1499-1513
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Panther(e, -eir, Pantere, n. [ME. and e.m.E. panter(e (c 1220), panthere (Caxton), OF. pantère, L. panthēra, Gk. πάνθηρ.] The panther or leopard. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 896 (Bann.).
The paynttit panther [H. pantheir] a1500 Ib. 950.
Panthere 1513 Doug. viii. viii. 15.
Ywymplyt was the spottit pantheris skyn —a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 449.
Tigir pard or pantere [. wyld bere]
