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: 1490, 1549
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Prolongacioun(e, -atione, n. [Late ME (Caxton) and F. (14th c. in Littré) prolongation, late L. type prōlongātiōn- f. prōlongāre Prolong v.] (The action of) making longer in duration. —1490 Irland Mir. I 78/30.
The tre of lif that bure the frute for prolongacioune and continuacioune of the lif of man 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 32/11.
Oure cupidite constrenȝeis vs to desire prolongatione of oure dais
