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: 1399-1400, 1454
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Covent, Cowent, n. [ME. covent (a 1330), cuvent (a 1225), AF. covent, cuvent, OF. convent.] = Convent. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvii. 198.
Al hyre covent … Hyre body in the kyrk can lay a1400 Ib. xxx. 777.
The abbot thane with the cowent To Theodorus cel went 1454 Liber Coll. Glasg. 177.
Johne Steuart hasse gyffin … wnto the saidis priour, covent, and thair successouris a tenement with the appurtenance 1454 Ib.
The saydis priour, covent [and] thair successouris
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