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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1567-1568
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For(e)-, Foirseand, a. [f. Forese v.] Foreseeing. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 140.
He … wes … forseand in that suld awale a1568 Bannatyne MS 144 a/14.
Ane furthy man and ane foirseand
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