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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hawthorn(e, Hauthorn(e, n. Also: awthorne, halthorne, hathorne. [ME. haw(e)thorn, hawȝ-, haȝþorn, OE. haᵹa-, haᵹuþorn.] The hawthorn; a hawthorn tree or twig. 1296 Rot. Scotiæ 32/1.]
[Matho de Hauthornden ?1438 Alex. ii. 10098.
He raid richt to ane hathorne a1500 Henr. Fab. 1335.
Under the schadow of ane hawthorne [B. awthorne] grene Ib. 1728.
Ane swallow … On that hawthorne hie … sittand 1472 Reg. Cupar A. I. 163.
Osaris, and sauch, and hauthorn a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 29.
Thy … prosperite, Hedgit with hauthorne a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 327.
With ane hauthorne skurge thy self and dyng c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 14.
I was heildit with hawthorne 1567 Sat. P. iii. 220.
Vuderneth this hauthorne sall I wryte a1578 Pitsc. I. 252/10.
He will sie the length and breid … plantit with hathorne a1605 Montg. Son. xlviii. 1.
Sweet Philomene, … In hauthornes vher thou hyds thy self 1587 Reg. Great S. 458/2.
Cum aggeribus et arboribus (lie hawthorne, sauche, aller, et espis)attrib. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 3.
Ane gudlie grene garth … , Hegeit … with hawthorne treis 1577 Glasgow Chart. II. 557.
Ane hathorne hege c1590 Fowler I. 340/30.
In hales of hathorne tree