A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1400
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Whyn(e, interrog. and rel. adv. [Var. of Quhyn(e interrog. and rel. adv.] a. = Quhyn(e interrog. 1. b. Where, to what place. Cf. Quhyn(e rel. adv. — a.c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1017 (C).
And preyed to say hem hys entent Whyne [pr. Why; L. vnde] the cause of such blame grevous Proceded — b.c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1457 (C).
But whyn [D. quhare; L. quo] he went, or what he thought, The storye heyre declareth
