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: 1500-1512, 1678
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Crynit, crynd, ppl. a. Also: krain'd, krynd. [Cryne v.1 (cf. also mod. Sc. crined, croint).] Shrunken, shrivelled. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 187.
Reistit andl crynit as hangitman on hill c1500-c1512 Id. Tua Mar. W. 278.
I … with a kyind contynance kys his crynd chekis [M. his krynd cheik] c1500 Crying of Play 99.
I am all crynd [B. crynit] in for eld, This litill as ȝe may se1678 Cleland 14.
He stood upright, tho shoulders slopt, Tho brans and leggs krain'd and clopt, Tho bumm and belly were best boulked
