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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1639
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Sorning, ppl. adj. [Sorn(e v.] In sorning way, in the manner of a sornar. — 1639 Aberd. Council Lett. II 113.
The said George Gordoun … goes about the countrie in sorning way with gwnes and pistolls
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