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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1438-1460, 1513-1535
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Nekbane, n. Also: necbane, nekbayn(e, neke-bane. [North. ME. nek-bane (c 1400), midl. and south. nekbon, etc.: cf. MDu. nacbeen (Du. nekbeen), Da. nakkeben, Sw. nackben. Cf. Nek-Bone.] The neck-bone; also, the neck.1375 Barb. i. 218.
Gud knychtis … Thai hangyt be the nekbane ?1438 Alex. i. 1222.
His necbane in sounder ȝeid ?1438 Ib. 3029. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 3182. 1513 Doug. viii. x. 85.
The sukkyn wolf … hir lang rovnd nek bane bowand raith To geif thame sowke 1513 Ib. x. vi. 132.
Hys nek bayn [Ruddim. neke bane] and throte war carf in sondir 1513 Ib. xii. vi. 120.
Syne with hys fut doun thryst in the ilk sted Hys fair nek bayn 1513 Ib. xi. xv. 141. 1535 Stewart 4530.
The heid Is fra the hals and the nek bane brokin
