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: 1544-1580
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Stein(e, n. [ON stefna.] In Orkney: A court. Cf. Harmanstein(e n., Hed(e)-stenn n. and Wappinsteine n. —1544–5 Shetland Doc. 53.
[Gardyshows in Sandsting] at the wynter stein 1578–9 Rec. Earld. Orkney 144.
The juge be interloquitour of assyse ordenis the saidis Fressyris … to mak thair ansueris … agane the lawting nixt heirefter and als ordenis baytht the perteis to compeir the said steine as dempt tharto 1579–80 Rec. Earld. Orkney 151.
That insafar as thai had nocht persewit the risting of the decreit gevin … at the said steine … that thai suld nevir be hard to persew the samin … thaireftir
