A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schriving,) Schryffand, vbl. n. [Schrive v.] The action of confessing, in sense 1 of Schrive v. —14.. Acts I 12/2.
Quhil that he haf mad assith befor God eftir the dome of schryffand for mansuorn and haf geyffin to the kyngis amendis viij ky
