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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1530-1607
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Bane, Baine, n.3 Also: bone. [Irreg. var. of Bene ‘bean’.]
1. King or Quene of Bane: see Bene n.1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 337.
Thov arte bot kyng of bone1531–2 Criminal Trials I. 278.
To Cristiane Rae, quhen scho was Quene of Bane. iiij ½ elnis rissillis blak 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 29.
Thir kyngs thai ar bot kyngs of bane 1570 Satirical Poems xxi. 40.
Ȝour Counsall we sall contramand, And crowne ȝow kingis of baine a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lx. 31.
Thow art bot ane king of bane Fra lossit be liberalite
2. pl. Beans.1585 Protocol Book of G. Fyiff 39.
Ane ruk of bear and banis … and four bollis eattis 1607 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 263.
Meill, quheit, banis and peis
