A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bekend, Bykend, ppl. a. [Cf. Beken,v.] a. Acquainted. b. Known. Also with weil. —a. 1513 Doug. ii. xi. 94.
Throu the secrete stretis fast I ran … , as weil bekend manb. Ib. v. i. 61.
The strandis and costis weil bekend Ib. xii. xi. 118.
Hys bykend hardyment and curage
