A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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(Schine,) Schyne, Shine, n. [e.m.E. shyne (1529); S(c)hine v.] Brightness, radiance. lit. and fig. —a1605 Montg. Misc. P. li 22.
Blusching for schame, out of hir schyne [Maitl. Q. 197/22 schyire] scho [sc. Diana] slippis 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 150/683.
The pearl vpon the eie That dimmes the shine [v.r. schein (S(c)hene adj., n.1 and adv. B 2)] c1611–c1617 Mure Early Misc. P. xx 12.
The puir issues of my weak ingyne Can add smal luster to thy gloryes schyne
