Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1549
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Sustentan, n. (Var. of, or erron. for, Sustentatio(u)n,n.) — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 73/2.
The natural loue of ȝour natiue cuntre suld be inseperablye rutit in ȝour hartis, considerand that ȝour … lyuyngis, ande sustentan [etc.] … is in it
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Sustentan n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/sustentan>
