A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Parentele, -ell, -ille, n. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E. parentele, e.m.E. also -ile (1541), F. parentèle (15th c.), L. parentēla.] Parentage, lineage. = Parentage n. —a1500 Bk. Chess 619.
A quene suld be of honest parentele 15.. Clar. ii. 309.
I Quhilk am mair nobill of genealogie Nor he or ony of his parentille [: weill] Ib. iii. 1415.
He man be vailȝeand For he is cumit of nobill parentell [: well adv.]
