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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1573
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Repenting, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. (1533).] That repents, or shows repentance. —1567 6th Rep. Hist. MSS 643/2 (see Repenting vbl. n.). 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 261.
God grant thaim repenting hartes
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