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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375-1699
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And, conj. Also: ande (andd); ond. [ME. and OE. and. In MSS. frequently denoted by a contraction.]
1. And (in ordinary uses).(a)a 1350 Facs. Nat. MS. ii. 14.
Gres watir and other profitis a 1350 Ib.
[The] four and tuentiand fat a1400 Legends of the Saints Prol. 151.
Sanct Petir first and syne Androw a1400 Ib. i. 51; etc.
Na clathis he had … bot kirtil and clok c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 562.
For langour ande warmnes and gud cumpany c1420 Wynt. iv. 2429 (C).
He andd his successouris 1473 Holyrood Chart. 152.
All ande sindre oure liegis ande subditis 1490 Irland Mir. I. 5/1.
Richt hie and mychty prince and … lorde 1490 Ib. 24/1.
Ande because [etc.] 1510 Dunferm. B. Rec. 357.
The nerrest ande lauchfull airris 1533 Gau 11/8.
Of guidis, mony and riches, And of al oder thingis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 2/20.
Nolt ande scheip a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xv. 3.
With hairt and mynd sinceir a1570-86 Ib. 6.
God keip our quein and grace hir send 1603 Philotus xi.
He … is baith big and bene(b)1532 Rec. Earld. Orkney 336.
Fra the gait to Hwndpoll, strekand in lenth and breid fra the landis of Thomas Cragy one the sowtht syd, ond haffand on the northt part the landis of Thomas Lesk1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 55.
The guddis ond geir of [etc.]
b. With an infinitive following, esp. to ga: see Ga v.a1568 Bannatyne MS 141 a /34.
Than in my armes I cowth hir plett, And scho to thraw c1650 Spalding I. 59.
Thay … kest wp the yettis of Rothimay, and ilk man to do for himself
c. Seeing that. (With ellipse of verb.)a1500 Henr. Fab. 84.
Pietie it war thow suld ly in this midding, … And thow sa fair a1500 Ib. 2732.
How durst thow tak on hand, And thow ... sa bene and big, To put him fra his tak a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 785.
That I for liddernes suld leif, and leuand besyde 1503 Dunferm. B. Rec. 134.
The vrangvis ... castyn awaye of his fische, and thaj vnpayit for 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 7575.
How can our Quene sa foull ane fault infer ... and scho hir self gyltie In the same cryme a1568 Bannatyne MS 143 b/27.
Feill ȝe nocht me and I so neir
d. Used for to with infinitive.1599 Edinb. B. Rec. 250.
[The council] ordanis the thesaure to trye and speik with Jhonn Kyle
2. If; supposing or provided that.1375 Barb. i. 457.
And we say the suthfastnes, Thai war [etc.] 1375 Ib. vii. 103.
He suld be hard to sla, And he war bodyn all evynly a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 910.
As ȝe ma se, and ȝe tak hed 1451 Acts II. 40/2.
At the prentaris … be na goldsmythis, and vtheris may be gottyn 1456 Hay I. 126/10.
Quhethir suld thir barounis men … help thair king, and he requere thame c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 313.
And that be suth, my self sall neuir eit breid a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2170.
Tell me quharfor I may nocht se, And I be out of this cite c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 13.
For, and I flyt, sum sege for schame sould sink 1536 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 402.
And ye gar me gang furtht of the kirk, gif I be cursit I sall do ane cursit deid a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS liv. 32.
The dewill burne me and ever I byd ȝow a1578 Pitsc. I. 221/1.
And the king punische ȝow not … , ȝe will murdris him self 16.. Hist. Kennedy 29.
And he byd be that deid, he suld repent the same
b. Even if, although.1560 St. A. Kirk S. 57.
Sche … said sche wald abuse hir bodi … , and thai wer all hanged 1565 Ib. 238.
Sche wald never mary … and thai suld harll hir at ane hors tayll
