A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375
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Dreng, n. [ME. and late OE. dreng, ON. drengr. Cf. Dring n.] A free tenant. 1107–24 Facs. Nat. MSS. I. No. xi.
Inter monachos Sancti Cuthberti et drengos meos de Horeuoredane 1107–24 Ib. No. xii.
Omnibus suis fidelibus tegnis et drengis de Lodeneio et de Teuegetedale 1165–6 Coldstream Chart. 6.
Omnibus suis probis hominibus, theinis et drengis, clericis et laycis [etc.] c 1240 Facs. Nat. MSS. I. 30.
Carucatam terre quam emit de Patricio dreng
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