A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Wadlyng strete, -streit, Watlyng streit, Watling streit, -strete, Vatlant streit, Wedlingis streit, n. [ME and e.m.E. Watlynge strete (Chaucer).] The Milky Way. —a1500 Henr. Orph. 188.
He … passit to the hevin … To seke his wyf … By Wadlyng strete [A. Wadlyng streit, B. Wedlingis streit] he went … Syne come doun throu the spere of Saturn 1513 Doug. iii viii 22.
Arthuris Huyf and Hyades betakynnand rayn Syne Watlyng Streit [Sm. Watling Streit, Ruddim. Watling Strete] the Horn and the Charle Wayn 1549 Compl. 58/16.
The quhyt circle callit circulus lacteus the quhilk the marynalis callis Vatlant Streit
