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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Sound,) Sounde, n.4 [ME sunde (Layamon), sounde (c1325), sound (c1400), later appar. obsol.; Sound adj.] Safety, security. —c1460 Regim. Princ. 16 (Fairf.).
Thou ryall kyng all thus suld reule thi realme Gud sounde & suthfast to thi sugges gyve c1460 Regim. Princ. 24 (Marchm.).
Considir weil the sounde of thi sugges Knaw thair curage as face in a mirrour

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