A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Vadimony, -ie, n. [e.m.E. vadymonies pl. [pr. memes] (1502), vadimony (1654).] a. Surety. b. As an example of a word of four syllables. —a. 1594 Colville Lett. 107.
Laking the vadimony of a foren prince, all his securitie hes provin nocht —b. c1616 Hume Orthog. 22.
If Cicero had understud our tongue, he sould have hard the accent in the fourth syllab from the end; as in matrimonie, patrimonie, vadimonie [etc.]
