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: 1537-1538
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(Phane,) Phayn, n. Late ME. fane (Lydgate), phane (1430), L. fānum.] A temple. —a1538 Abell 6 b.
Alexander tratourlie slew Achill … in the phayn of Apollo