A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1438, 1500-1515, 1567-1586
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Ind(e, Ynd(e. [ME. (a 1225), F. Inde.] India; also, more vaguely, Asia, the Orient. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xi. 140. c1420 Wynt. i. 579. ?1438 Alex. ii. 4337, etc. c1515 Asloan MS I. 158/24, etc. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 66. c1500-c1512 Id. lxvii. 6.
Quho had all riches vnto Ynd a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lxxiii. 29.
Is none so hable ar onto Inde That [etc.] 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 61.
Nane. .from thyne till Ynde
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