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: 1505-1508, 1694
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Supine, adj. Also: suppyne. [e.m.E. supine, -yne n. (a1522), adj. (1615), L. supīnus, supīnum.] a. In Latin grammar: Pertaining to the supine, the verbal noun ending in -um. b. quasi-adv.: On suppyne, on one's back, prostrate. c. fig. Indolent, idle. —a. c1505-8 Donatus 1a.
Fra the latter supine as amatum —b. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 1291.
Behald that hevinly king: Apoun his bak he did ly on suppyne —c. 1694 Misc. Spald. C. II lxvi.
Censured … Mr. Patrick Seton at Auchterlesse, for habitual drunkennesse and supine negligence