A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thinking, -ine, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. thinginge (a1300); Think v.] The action of thinking, in senses 3 and 6 of Think v. a. Meditating, pondering. b. Memory, remembrance. —a. a1500 Lanc. 34.
Only to me thare was none vthir es Bot thinkine qhow I schulde my lady ples 15.. Clar. iii 222.
And of ane thing my knight I ȝow beseike … That ȝe be neir to me in sweit thinking —b. a1400 Leg. S. xviii 932.
That brocht quhilis in my thinkine sangis … of lychery … That I was wount … to synge
