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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bertan(e, Bartan(e, n. [Variant, with metathesis of r, of Bretane. Cf. Dumbertane, -bartane Dumbarton.]

1. a. Brittany. 1471 Acts II. 102/2.
The mater opynnit … be our souerane lord tuiching his passage vtouth his realm for the recoueryng of his richt of Bertane c1500 Crying of Play 58.
For all the claith of Fraunce & Bertane [B. Bartane] Wald nocht be till hir leg a gartane c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 85.
In France, in Bertan, in Naplis, and Lumbardy 1530 Lindores Chart. 32.
Ane new clath of Bartan

b. Britain. c1475 Wall. ix. 82.
Thocht all war heyr the schippis off braid Bertane c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxii. 11.
For saik of hir, fairest and best in Bartane, sen hir tyme began 1549 Compl. 82/20.
It var verray necessare for … the tua realmis to be callit the ile of Bertan a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxxvii. 255.
Rose of rethoris all … That rais in Bartane euir Ib. xli. 103.
Reid … the cronicles of braid Bartane

2. Bertane claith or canves, cloth or canvas of Brittany.(a) 1490 Treas. Acc. I. 188.
For xxix elne and dimid. of small Bertane clayth to be scheytis 1504 Ib. II. 291.
For xxiij elne Bertane clath to be thre albes 1510 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 77.
Ane eln of Bertane canwais 1516 Fam. Rose 188.
Napry of Bertane clath(b) 1495 Treas. Acc. I. 231.
Item, vj ellis of Bartane clath, to the lynyng of thir clathis abone writin 1513 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 114 b.
Per empcionem sex vlnarum de lie bartane cammes pro conseruandis … plumis 1527–8 Stirling B. Rec. I. 31.
The thiftuis steillin of … holand clayth, … bartane cammes, woull [etc.] 1537 Treas. Acc. VI. 299.
Item, to be tua uthir towellis, ix elnis bleichit bartane canves 1542 Inv. Wardrobe 58.
Twa ameittis of Bartane clayth 1556–7 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 72.
Coft to be ane waill to the hie alter in lentron … xxviij ellis of bartane canves 1597 Bk. Rates (MS).
Claith callit bartane claith the eln thairof, xx s.