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: 1486-1487, 1569-1586
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Sclanderit, ppl. adj. Also: (slanderit). [Sclander v. Cf. e.m.E. slanderit (1602). The sl- form below is unusually early, and may be an editorial misreading of scl-.] That have been slandered. —a1487 Gud Wyf & D. 240.
Quha smyttit war, wald all var swa, And slanderit folk vald euir haue ma a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS 446/49.
Mycht sclanderit men of the gait audiens … Thay sould say weill defend thair innocens … That [etc.]
