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: 1531-1581
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(Pronoun,) -nowne, n. Also: -noume. [e.m.E. pronowne (1530), F. pronom, L. prōnōmen.] A pronoun. — 1531 Vaus in Grant Burgh Schools 54.
Quhat is ane pronowne? Ane part of orisone quhilk is put for ane nowne … Quhare in is the qualite of ane pronowne partit? … In pronownes of finite qualite, or infinite qualite [etc.] 1581 Burne Disput. 25 b.
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