A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1490
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(Privatioun,) Privacioune, n. Also: priwatyown, prywacion. [ME and e.m.E. privacion (Rolle), -asion (1544), -ation (1555), F. privation (14th c. in Littré), L. prīvātio.] Deprivation; also deposition. —c1420 Wynt. viii 1701.
This Kyng Edward gave sentens And dwme off hys [Baliol's] priwatyown [C. prywacion] c1420 Ib. 1866. 1490 Irland Mir. I 84/11.
He producit ws with that priuacioune and faute that he fell in
