A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prof(f)iting, vbl. n. Also: (profitening). [e.m.E. and ME profytyng (Wyclif), f. Prof(f)it v.] a. Once, after Purvey: Advance, progress. b. Pecuniary yield or profit. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Tim. iv 15.
Think thou thir thingis, in thir be thou, that thi profiting be schewit to almen —1666 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS 5 Feb.
That efter farder tryalls of the profitening of the shole that accordingly upon the said sholemaster … petitione they will rectifie and augment the pryces of baptism and marriages
