A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Patern,) Pathern(e, v. [e.m.E. pattern- (1581), patern (1588), f. Patern,n. Cf. F. patronner.] tr. To make (something) after (be) a certain model or pattern. —1567 Lanark B. Rec. 37.
All the wechtis that beis within the brucht to be maid and pathernit be the troin wechtis
