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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1618-1651
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Hethnike, Heathnick(e, a. [e.m.E. (1554), var. of Ethnik after Hethin a.] Heathen. — 1618 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 11, 12.
Heathnicke 1632 Lithgow Trav. 397.
Hethnike a1651 Calderwood IV. 509.
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"Hethnike adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 16 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/hethnike>
