A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Mant, v. [Of Gaelic origin: cf. Sc. and Ir. Gael. manntach lisping, stammering, MIr. mant gum, OIr. mend dumb (Macbain), etc.] To have an impediment in one's speech; to stammer or stutter. intr. and tr. —a1568 Scott i. 92.
[Priests,] Mantand mort mvmlingis mixt with monye leis c1590 J. Stewart II. 241/166.
Scho lost hir speitche and mycht no moir bot mant 1629 Z. Boyd Last B. 985 (Jam.).
Hee who manteth or stammereth in his speach
