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: 1533
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Suspens, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. suspens(e (c1440), MF suspens (1377 in Larousse); f. as Suspens,n.] In a state of arrest; motionless. —1533 Boece 130.
The Romanis … be the strange sicht of the furios wemen and Drwidis thare membris war sa suspens [L. hærentibus membris] that almaist thai stude immovabill
