A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Doun, Done, prep. [e.m.E. downe (1559).] By descent on or along. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 225.
Than rynis thow doun the gait 1556 Peebles B. Rec. 230.
Descendand done the hoip to ane red hedit stane a1568 Scott ii. 161.
Sone doun the bra Sym braidlyk thunder 1659 Hay Diary 26.
I went doun the way, and settled the bussines
