A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1637, 1700+
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Up-sun, n. phr. [Late ME with vp son (a1400-50); Son(e n.1 Also in the later dial.] With up-sun, at or after sunrise. Also in fig. context. — 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 374.
It is a blessed thing to see Christ with up-sun, and to read over your papers and soul-accounts with fair day-light 1703 Fountainhall Decis. II 189.
The precise question was, if an ejection may be executed in the night-time … or if it must be done with up-sun
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