A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Strandling, -yn, Strendling, n. (ME stranlyne (north., c1299), strenlyng (1303-4), strandling (1305), also, strandling est squirel contre le feste Seint Michel (c1314), some sort of fur, ? squirrel caught at Michaelmas.) —1328 Exch. R. I 119.
Idem computat … in lxxiij supertunicis de strandlyn, et vij supertunicis de squirrelles 1329 Exch. R. I 143.
iij supertunicis de strandlings 1329 Exch. R. I 220.
Quater viginti supertunicarum de scorella et de strendlings, xxxij li. xiiij s. 1330 Exch. R. I 342.
In empcione sex supertunicarum de strendlingis