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: 1400-1499, 1594-1595
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(Sone-rise,) Son-ryse, Sonne-ryise, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. sunne ryse (c1440), sonne ryse (1530), sun-rise (1671), appar. derived from an original clause, through syntactic ambiguity (cf. the Misc. Spald. C. quot., which might properly belong in Ris(e v. 8).] Sunrise. = Son(e)-rising n. — 14.. Burgh Laws c. 107 (B).
Fra Setyrday eftyr evynsang qwhil Mononday at the son ryse a1595 Misc. Spald. C. II xxxi.
Tak mariguld and salt bra tham and lay tham to the wartis afoir the sonne ryise
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