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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: 1399-1400
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Lykynes, n.? Var. of lyk-, Liknes n. 1, or ? error for lyk[l]y-, Liklynes n. 1 b. — a1400 Legends of the Saints viii. 95.
Vntrastefull folk … tuk hym … & made a croice in lykynes Quhare-one his master done was
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