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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1500-1633

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Reverent, -end, adj. Also: reverende, rewerend. [e.m.E. reuerent (1486), L. reverent-, pres. p. of reverērī.] Characterized by deep respect or reverence; reverent.(a) c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i 808.
And he [went] to hir with hauingis reuerent
1620 Reg. Privy C. XII 268.
That reverent respect quhilk thay aucht to have careyed to the Lordis holie Sabboth
(b) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 29.
Efter reuerend recommendatioun, Under thare feit, thow lawlye thé submyt
15.. Dunb. App. xi 21.
Inclyne befoir the Cristin conquerour, … With reverend feir doun on ȝour facis ly
1596 Dalr. I 95/24.
Sik a reuerend feir and dreid thay haue leist thay offend
1598 James VI Basil. Doron 135/5.
Containing thaime euer in a reuerende loue & louing feare of you
1633 Mill Mediæval Plays 271 n.
[The king] in his royall seatt heard ane rewerend sermone

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