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: 1629-1643
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(Senselesnes,) Senslesnes, n. [e.m.E. sencelesnesse (1577), senselessnesse (1583), sencelessnesse (1601); Sens(e)les adj.] a. A condition of insensibility or unconsciousness. b. An instance of foolishness or irrationality. —a. 1633 Orkney Witch Trial in Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. V 547.
Thairefter scho contrakit ane senslesnes quhilk continuit for the space off ane halff yeir 1643 Misc. Abbotsf. C. I 173.
He was brocht in to Jonet Sklateris hous in Cogare, heavilie diseasit with a senslesnes, that he knew not quhat was said or done to him —b. 1629 Justiciary Cases I 103.
Nixt the dittay contenis ane gross senslesnessis [sic in pr.] that ane seiknes sould be laid beneth ane barne dur becaus ane seiknes can nocht be inharent bot in ane leveing creatour
