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: 1554-1596
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Upspring, -spryng, n. (? p.p.). [ME and e.m.E. hup-spring (14th c.), vpspryng (1471), vpspring (1585).] a. Rise, growth. b. ? Put for Ofspring n. 1, or ? p.p. of Upspring v. 6. —a. 1554 Knox III 275.
From the beginning of the late upspryng of the Gospel in England —b. 1596 Dalr. I 112/21.
Princes … ar haldne in hichest digrie, and worthilie, because thay ar sa neir vpspring of the kingis blude [L. quod regia stirpe proxime manarunt]
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