A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Begone, p.p. [ME. begon, bigon, etc., p.p. of bego vb. See also Blude-, Wo-begone a., and Begane.] Overcome. —a1500 Bk. Chess 1775.
Loth … Quhen that he was with stark wynes begone … committit lichorye
