A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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(Scheuandnes,) Scheuannes, n. [Scheuand adj.] Suitability; consonance. —a1400 Legends of the Saints ix 131.
That wes thru ferly scheuannes [L. per mirabilem congruentiam], Mychte, richte, wysdome laste wes