A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1562-1563
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Poisoun-,) Poysonnar, n. (e.m.E. and ME poysener (Wyclif), posynner (1482), one who or that which poisons. Only fig.) —1562-3 Winȝet I 52/17.
Schameles learis, and be fals doctrine wilfull dissauearis and poysonnaris of the peple of God