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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Proconsul(e, n. Also: Preconsull. [ME (Wyclif) and e.m.E., L. prōconsul.] A proconsul of a province of ancient Rome. —a1400 Leg. S. xlix 35.
Bot quhen he saw he sped nathing … To the proconsul he ȝed sone c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xiii 7. 1549 Compl. 110/22.
Quintus Metellus beand proconsul of Rome vas send vitht ane armye … contrar the Celtibriens 1596 Dalr. I 269/29.
Quhen Britannie was gouerned be the Romane proconsules

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