A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wele bekend, -beknaw, Weilbekend, -beknaw(in, -biknaw, -byknaw, Weill beknaw, ppl. adj. (adv.). [Bekend ppl. adj. (q.v. for further examples), Beknaw(in ppl. adj.] a. ppl. adj.Well known, familiar. b. ? quasi-adv. (As was) well known, famously. —a. 1513 Doug. vii viii 35.
Hys lugyng weilbekend [Ruddim. wele bekend] —(b) 1513 Doug. ii VII 70.
Sum … hyd thame in that belly weilbeknaw [Sm. wele beknaw, Ruddim. weill beknaw; L. nota] 1513 Doug. vii i 17 (Sm.).
Bankis weilbiknaw [Ruddim. weil byknaw] 1513 Doug. ix vii 26 (see Beknaw(in ppl. adj.).
Weil beknawin —b. 1513 Doug. xi v 32.
Other sum kest in the fyre syk geir As weilbekend the corps was wont to weir
