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: 1500-1599, 1656-1657
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Splendor(e, Splendure, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. splendure (c1450), splendour (1526), splendor (1596), OF (e)splendur, L. splendor.] a. Great brightness, brilliance. b. fig. Glory, eminence. —a. 15.. Clariodus v 117.
The cuschingis of deaureat splendure schone 15.. Clariodus ii 918.
Thir knichts as two lampis leiming licht Of aureat splendor schynit as stonis bricht —b. a1657 Balfour Her. Tracts 22.
If such a crime be committed by a nobleman derogatorey to the custome and splendore of his auen honor and nobility
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