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: 1500-1605
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Wans(c)hapen, -shappen, -schaippin, adj. [ME wanshape (14th c.), MLG wanschapen; Wan- prefix and Schapen ppl. adj.] = Unschapin ppl. adj. Misshapen, malformed. — a1605 Montg. Flyt. 85 (H).
Wanshappen schitt, thow schup such a suinȝei a1605 Montg. Flyt. 262 (T).
Wanschaippin wowbat, of the weirdis invyit ?a1595 Watson's Coll. ii 54.
Wa worth thee, wanwordie, wanshapen wran 15… Law Memor. 185.
[A monster] With wanschapen face
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