A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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(Mummilling,) Momling, ppl. a. [Late north. ME. mummeland, e.m.E. mumbling.] That mumbles because of toothlessness. — a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow ii. 143.
And laking teith famvlit hir faculte That few folk mycht consaue hir momling mowth
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