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: 1499-1500
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Soveranefull, adj. [Nonce, f. Soverane n.] ? Befitting a sovereign; noble. — a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1305.
This is ane soueranefull thing … To leif in sic perell, and in sa grete plight
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