A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prolog, -loug(e, n. -loge; prolloge. [ME and e.m.E. proloug(e, -log(e (all Cursor M.), -logue (Caxton), -logge, F. prologue (c 1215 in Godef. Compl.), L. prologus, f. the Gk.; F. also prologe (12th c. in Littré).] A preliminary remark or discourse; a preamble; esp., a preface or introduction to a literary work or a distinct part thereof.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxx 190.
Sic a proloug [she] has furth tane: ‘God be her-in, my dochtir dere’(2) c1420 Wynt. i Prol. heading (E2).
Heir followis the prolog but faill Off the cornykkillis callit originall c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 19591.
The hecht that I haife maid … As in the prolog we haue maid record 1490 Irland Mir. II 106/15. a1568 Bell. Bann. MS 366 b heading.
Heir followis the secound prolloge Or proheme of the Histery of the Croniclis of Scotland 1551 Hamilton Cat. 23. 1594 Charteris Wall. Pref. 175 (see Prolixt adj. 1 (2) attrib.).(b) c1420 Wynt. ii Prol. heading.
The proloug off the secund buk 1456 Hay I 2/15. 1513 Doug. v Prol. heading.
Proloug [Ruddim. prolouge] 1528 Lynd. Dreme 57 heading.
The Proloug [pr. Prolong] 1572–3 Cal. Sc. P. IV 505.
