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: 1513-1533
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Urn(e, Wrn, n. [ME and e.m.E. vrne (Chaucer), urn (1633), L. urna.] An urn, used for holding a. Tokens used in casting lots. b. The ashes of incinerated corpses. —a. 1513 Doug. vi i 31.
The dedly vrn [Sm., Ruddim. vrne] … Owt of the quhilk the lottis warrin draw 1513 Doug. vi vii 18.
Kyng Mynos inquisitour and iustice The fatale vrne [Sm. wrn] … Rewlys … and be discretioun steris To consale and to iugement —b. 1533 Boece 121a.
Romanis placit the powder of his body in ane vrne or boist within the tempill 1533 Boece 182b.
Thare faderis vrne or boist of alabast, quharein was the powder of his body brynt afore inclusit
