A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1590, 1689
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Marjolene, -lyne, n. Also: merjolyne, margelene, line, mergeleine. Also metathesised variant: majorlaine. [OF. marjolaine (14th c.), MDu. margelleine (Du. marjolein): cf. ME. and OF. majorane (13th c.) and Marjory, n.] The herb marjoram. Also attrib. with seid. —1513 Doug. i. x. 69.
Tendir mariolyne [R. meriolyne, Sm. mariolyne; L. mollis amaracus] and sweit flowris … With thar dulce smell 1570 Satirical Poems xv. 10.
Thow, time, be tint, Thow, margelene, swaif 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. i. 693.
Amaracus, margeline c1590 J. Stewart II. 19/142.
Rosis reed, meduart and mergeleine 1689 Thanes of Cawdor 353.
[Garden seeds:] 3 unce of percell, 9 s.; 1 unce majorlaine [pr. -lame], 10 s.; 1 unce endive, 7pd.1, 4 s.—attrib. 1553 Treasurer's Accounts X. 174.
Ane unce of mariolene seid
