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

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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1653

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(Sanctrel,) Santrel, n. [Late ME seyntrelle (Prompt. Parv.), OF sainterel (1138 in Greimas), It. santarello (Florio in OED); Sanct n.] A little saint, a ‘saintling’. —1653 Urquhart Rabelais i xxvii 129.
With a thousand other jolly little sancts and santrels

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