A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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To-trynsch, To-trinsch, v. [To- prefix2 and Trinsch v.] tr. To cut to pieces; to slaughter. —1513 Doug. vi iv 32.
Ene … a ȝow … Brittnnyt with hys sword in sacrifice … Onto the moder of the Fureys … and to thé, Proserpyne, A ȝeld kow all to trynschit 1513 Doug. x xii 143.
Cedicus al totrynschit [Sm. totrynschit, Ruddim. to trinschit] Alcathous And Sacrator to grund laid Hydaspus
