A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1499, 1569-1586
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(Cosinage,) Cosynage, n. Also: cosingage, cosingnage. [ME. cosyn-, cosinage (1398), var. of Cousinage.] Consanguinity, kinship. —1375 Barb. v. 135.
A lady of that cuntre, That wes till hym in neir degre Of cosynage14.. Burgh Laws c. lxx. in Anc. Laws I. 35.
Thai sal suer that nother for radnes … na for cosynage, … thai sal nocht spare to do rycht til all menc1450-2 Howlat 912.
I am cummyn of thar kyn, be cosingage knawin 1456 Hay I. 26/30.
Nocht for knaulage of cosynage, na gossappis, na commaris of cardinalisa1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xxxix. 266.
Ffor Iustice kepis nocht of no cosingnage Off hie lordschip nor ȝit of greit linage
