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: 1399-1400
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(Wifin,) Wyfyne, ppl. adj. [ME wyuen(e (Piers Plowman).] Feminine, of women. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi 178.
He … wyfyne company ay fled [L. mulierum consortia fugiebat]
