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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Onȝeon, -yo(u)n, Oignon, Oynion, n. Also: onȝion, -ȝown, -ȝoon, -yeo(u)n, onoign, ononion, oineyan. [ME. oyno(u)n, oynyon, onyo(u)n (Chaucer), oyneon, e.m.E. onȝon (1483), onion, oignion (17th c.), OF. o(n)gnon, oi(n)gnon. Cf. Unȝeo(u)n, Ingȝo(u)n and Ingon(e.] An onion; also, onions collectively. 1401–7 Aberd. B. Rec. (S.H.S.) 238.
De centum rape onoignys ?14.. Ship Laws c. 4 (B).
Of onyonys & vthyr syk thyng at the entre nathyng bot of ilk soume of gerleke [etc.] 1560 Cal. Sc. P. I. 352.
Oignons 1564–5 Perth B. Ct. 267 (9 March).
Leikis onȝeonis and quhitcaill 1574 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 306.
Onȝoons c1575 Balfour Pract. 85.
Onyounis 1579 Black Bk. Taymouth 147.
Ane oynion is helssum to annoynt the place that is bittin vith ane madde dog a 1595 Misc. Spald. C. II. xxx.
Tak ane onyeoun and rostweill [etc.] 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Cepa, ane onȝion 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annotat. xl (Bot.).
Onȝown 1620 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 214.
Thrie hundreth barrellis onyeones 1661 Acts VII. 253/1.
Onȝeons and onȝeon heads, ilk four barrells 1664 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp MS. 47.
Ononiones 1670 Inverness Rec. II. 242.
Except for selling of Scotts onȝions and bread 1680 Aberd. Council Lett. VI. 257.
Oineyan