A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Percunnand, conj. and n. [Par-, Per- and Cunnand n., repr. OF. par (tel) covent (Tobler-Lomm.) and cf. ‘On that cunnande’ Leg. S. xxx. 238 (see Cunnand n.) and later north-east Sc. (A. Ross, 1768) perconon conj. and n., later per-, precunnance.] a. conj. On the understanding or agreement (that), on condition (that). b. noun. To the percunnand (that), id. —?1438 Alex. ii. 5189.
Bot I wald weill … Ilk ȝeir of my gudis geif To the percunnand that I War ay into sik company And at the weir had tane ending Ib. 6680.
I hope thow hes na man leuand That thay na hate thé halely And wald thole shame and velany Percunnand that [F. Mais que] the folk of Grece Had hewin ȝour body all in pece
