A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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(Prene,) Prein, v.2 [ME preyne(n, prayne(n (Chaucer), prene (1486), mod. Eng. prain (1681), preen (1691), var. of ME prune, pruyne, proyne, Prunȝe v.1] reflex. Of a person: To ‘preen’ oneself, adorn oneself. = Prunȝe v.1 2 a. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 374 (M).
I wald me prein [C. prunȝa] plesandlie in precious wedis
