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: 1531-1699
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Substantive, adj. (n.). [ME and e.m.E. substantyf n. (Piers Plowman), substantive adj. (c1470), F. substantif n. and adj. (14th c. in Larousse), pop. L. substantīvus, f. L. substantia Substance n.]
1. adj. Unshifting, unchanging.c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i 68.
Thair … weid … [Sa] wariant to sicht and transitiue [Um]quhile agane serene and substantiue
2. In grammar, noun substantive (substantive noun), also absol. as noun, a noun (in the modern sense), a substantive. (Cf. Noun(e n.)1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
Ane nowne substantiue ane nowne adiectiue and ane nowne relatiue 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
Thai that hes ane nowne substantiue to thare antecedens 16.. Rudiments 1a.
M. Quhat is a substantiue noune P. Quhilk craues nothing to be joyned or eiked to it for to expresse its owne significatione as a boitabsol. c1616 Hume Orthog. 30.
Al nounes that wil join with a substantive ar called adjectives; as, gud, high, [etc.] 16.. Rudiments 1a.
There are nounes that obtaine, or haue a mid nature betuixt substantiues: & adjectiues, … as a fellow souldier [etc.] 16.. Rudiments 1a.
M. How is a noune divided P. In substantiue and adjectiue 16.. Rudiments 41b.
Ane adjectiue does agree with a substantiue in gen: num: and case, a holie bairne, a shamefast lasse
