A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1498-1499, 1623-1629
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Stummerand, Stamerand(e, Stammering, Stambring, ppl. adj. [Stum(m)er v.; the later examples, in b, are, no doubt, in part at least due to the influence of ME and e.m.E. stamerynge (Trevisa) (f. stammer v. to stammer, falter in speech).] Hesitant, uncertain; unsteady. b. Of the tongue: That falters, hesitates. —(a) a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 560 (Arund.).
Is nane that wait for to ressaue to wage Endles sorrow or sempeterne solace, Sa vnsure standis our stummerand staige —(b) c1420 Wynt. iii 870 (C).
Sen ȝhe ar rade, And in sa stamerande [W. stamerand, R. staverand] state ar stade —b. 1623 Craig iv 25.
You … tolde mee on, with stambring tongue 1629 Boyd Last B. (1629) 771 (Jam. s.v. Mussling adj.).
I shall in my stammering tong and mussling speech doe what I can to allure you to the loue thereof
