A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Land-wyn(e, -vyne, n. (Cf. ME. lande-wyn (1390–1), e.m.E. land-wine, MDu. lantwijn, MHG. lantwîn, all = home-grown wine, and F. vin du pays, wine of the district, locally grown wine; but the Sc. use below, ? = wine grown up country, not in or near the town (of Bordeaux): cf. Land n. 9 b and the freq. Contrast with twnis wyne, twn wyne (app. town's, town-) in Dundee Shipping L. 235 f.) —1610 Brechin Test. III. 70 b.
Tua twne of land wyne1613 Dundee Shipping L. 235.
[A ship] from Burdeaux … contenand … fyve twnis wyne Burdeaux bind and xxv twnis land wyne 1615 Ib. 256.
Aucht twn twnis wyne & ane peis land wyne Ib. 258; etc.
Thrie pece twnis wyne five pece land vyne 1618 Ib. 294.
The said ship laitlie cum frome Burdeaux conteaning … thrie twn Spanish wyne tua twn tua pece land wyne
