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: 1500-1512
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Severance, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. severance (1422), severaunce (1467-8), severans (1539); Sever v.] Difference, distinction. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 311.
The severance wes mekle Betuix his bastard blude and my birth noble
