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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Quikkining,) Quicning, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. quickning, ME quykenynge (Wyclif), appar. freq. in similar theological applications.] Life-giving; that imparts (spiritual) life: cf. Quik(k)in v. 1 (2). —1596 in Melvill 365.
A continuall … progres in … halines during this lyff quhilk hes the awin perfectioun in the lyff to come fulfilled even in us be the quicning Spreit of Chryst

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