A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Poen-,) Poynefull, var., ? after L. pœna, of Painful(l adj. —c1508 Ch. & M. Prints ii b 45.
A hevynly hell a poynefull paradise
