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: 1561-1562
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Thayne, adj. (Eng. dial. thone, OE þān damp moist.) — 1561–2 Inverness Rec. I 74.
Tha dry nocht thair malt sufficientle as tha aucht to do bot … makis thair malt thayne that the malt may nocht be sufficientle grundyn
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