A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Teindster,) Teyndster, n. [Teind v.] A female teinder in one or other of the senses of Teinder n. —1636 Elgin Rec. II 231.
That … scho nor nane of hirs sall offend the teyndsteris by curseing … Christan Ker dureing hir tak of the teyndis
