A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prunȝeand, Pronȝeand, ppl. adj. [? Erron. for, or altered f., Punȝeand ppl. adj., perh. (OED conjectures) after Prene, Prik, etc.] Capable of piercing; sharp-pointed. Also fig. —c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3900.
Ane creuell croun Off prunȝeand thornis scharpe and lang —1533 Bell. Livy I 302/9.
Ane other sentence, semand mare pronȝeand and scharp, was pronuncit in the said courte 1536 Lynd. Answ. Flyting 6.
I … Quhilk bene so with ȝour prunȝeand pen detractit
