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: 1660
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(Spaun,) Spanne, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. spaune (c1430), spawne (c1450), spane (1600); Spaun v.] fig. In contemptuous use: The followers of heretics or heretical cults. —1660 A. Hay Diary 248.
The list of the heritiques … Simon Magus, Menander [etc.] … Hermans … Antiochians and their spanne
