A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1533-1623
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(Preordain,) -ordin, -ordone, v. [e.m.E. preordaine (1576), late L. præordināre, OF preordiner (15th c. in Godef.), F. préordonner.] To appoint beforehand; to foreordain. —1533 Gau 68/12.
Quhen the time is cum preordinit be God 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 222/383.
God … With wakrife eie preordoning What euer doth befall
