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

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1537-1626

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Stend, v. [? Aphetic f. Extend v. Also in the later dial.] To leap, bound. b. specif. To make a movement, vibrate. —a1538 Abell 105b.
The erll … wes ridand on a wanton & skich hors at lap & stendit with him & mycht nocht be rewlit
1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9532.
Heralds cryit … Ga togidder, … Incontinent thay stendit on thair steids, Lyke vailȝeant men, into thair weirlyke weids
1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 109.
Quhat gart ȝow montanis lyke rammis stert & stend?
c1590 J. Stewart 95/559.
As the veyld and furius ours dois stend But onie feir
b. 1622-6 Bisset II 388/21.
The stringis of the ane instrument beand twiched … the uthir will stend, and be moved to gif a sound to the samin harmony

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