A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1639-1688
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1]
Pawn(e, Paun(e, v. [e.m.E. pawn (1567), paune (1570).] tr. To pledge, pawn. = Pand v. —1639 Johnston Diary Ia. (1896) 88.
And if the assemblie wer constitute onlie of ministers he would paune his lyfe, honor and estate to gett his bishops therin established 1645 Major Lindesy's Legacie 58 in Fugitive Poetry 2 Ser.
Til I had paunde my very clothes for food 1688 Marischal Coll. Rec. I. 339.
Power to sell wodsett pawne or burthen the saids lands
