A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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(Sidenes,) Sydnes, n. [ME sidnesse (Wyclif), sydenesse (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. sidenes (1583); Sid(e adj.] Length. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xli 158.
God send sic sydnes in hyre hare That scho wes cled mare ewinely With hare thane with hire clathis in hy
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