A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pertinat, a.1 [e.m.E. pertynate (c 1534), -inate (1545), irreg. (? analogical) formation or ‘originating in misreading of pertinace’ (OED.) Pertinax a.] Stubborn, persistent. —c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5730.
All pertinat wylfull arratykis
