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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1947
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DENE, v., tr. To shut the light from, as in a den. Cf. Den, v.1Lnk. 1947 G. Rae Sandy McCrae 85:
In the simmer-time o' bygone years the leaves o' prosperity shut oot the licht o' love divine and darkened and dened us a'.
[See note to Den, n.1 The long vowel form is found esp. in place-names in em.Sc. (b), as Dean in Edb., Hassendean in Rxb. Rae has dene, a den, on p. 83.]
