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: 1400-1499
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Stokynstane, n. [? Stok n.1 and stane.] ? The stump of a standing-stone or stone cross. Cf. Stok n.1 1 b. —14… Reg. Episc. Aberd. I 247.
Swa ascendand a mikil lech to the hede of it on west half the stokynstane and fra thine north west [etc.]