A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1513-1572
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Hind, Hynd, adj. Also: hend. [e.m.E. hind (1601).] Hind, rear; later, last. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 653.
The hend part thare neste Of the hed ves fast to the breste 1513 Doug. iii. vi. 136.
Hir [i.e. Scylla's] hynd partis ar als gret weil neir, As beyn a hydduus huddon a1538 Abell 12 b.
Thare wiffis met thame schawand to thame thare hind partis — 1572 Peebles B. Rec. 347.
Ane of the hind watsche to attend quhill the sone ryse on the morne
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