A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1700+
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Pas-, Passeneip, n. [e.m.E. and ME. pasnepe (1398), also parsnep(e (1533).] A parsnip. — c1580-90 Rules of Health.
Ȝour herbis salbe … pasneipis, sum rosmary & betony 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. (Adv.) cxii.
Pastinata siluest, pasneip of the woid 1500-1699 Ib. cxiii.
Pastinaca domest, pasneip of the ȝard 1500-1699 Dondi's Herbolarium Annot. cxii.
Vyld pasneip 1665 Lauder Jrnl. 83.
In Octobre is the tyme of their roots as riphets … neips and passeneips 1672 Hist. Kinloss A. xvi. 1703 Foulis Acc. Bk. 327.
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