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: 1558-1575
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Scrumpill, Skrimple, v. [Cf. ME crymplen (1398), corresp. to Germ. dial. krümpeln to crumple; cf. also e.m.E. crompull (1528), crumple (1577). See also etymological note to Scrumpill,n.] To shrivel (with heat), to wrinkle, crumple. —1558-66 Knox I 17.
A trane of powder was … sett a fyre, quhilk gave to the blessed martyre of God a glaise, skrimpled his left hand, and that syd of his face c1575 Balfour Pract. 188.
Ane chartour … being … brint, singit be the fire, scrumpillit [etc.]
