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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: 1399-1400, 1513

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Payan(e, Paian, n. and a. Also: -ene, -aȝn, -and; -eme; pane, payn(e. [ME. and e.m.E. paeyn (c 1290), payene (1297), paen (Cursor M.), paene, pain, payn (a 1300), also paynen (c 1390), payne (c 1550, thereafter obs. in Eng.), OF. paien (11th c.), paian, payen (mod. F. païen), L. pāgānus. Cf. Pagan(e n. and a., also Panian.]Only in Leg. S. and Doug.

A. noun. A pagan or infidel. = Pagan(e n. and a. A. Also possess.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xix. 636.
Of paianis he had gert trew … sexty thousand
a1400 Ib. xxvii. 944.
Payene
a1400 Ib. xxxii. 100.
Payanis
a1400 Ib. xxix. 73.(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 261.
& syndry ritis vndir mad As of payaȝn[i]s custummance

B. adj. Heathen. = Pagan(e n. and a. B.predic. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 877.
A man that … was payeme and richt crafty
a1400 Ib. xxxi. 281.attrib. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 85 (see Lay n.1).
Paian lay
1513 Doug. i. Prol. 460.
Calliope nor payane [v.rr. payand, payne] goddis wild [etc.]
1513 Ib. iv. vi. 43.
Quhen euery thryd ȝeir on thar payane gys [etc.]
1513 Doug. v. ii. 71 (Ruthv.).
Pane ryte
1513 Doug. vi. Prol. 60.
Payan [v.r. payn] warkis
1513 Ib. 79.
Payane lawis

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