A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pervi-,) Perwyans, n. [Late ME. perviaunce (a 1450), var. of purveyance Purvyance n.] Providence. = Purvyance n. 1 (3). —c1475 Wall. iv. 348.
Thankit be God of his hye perwyans
