A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1499-1689
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On(e, indef. art. Quasi-anglicised var. of Ane indef. article. A, an.(1) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 441 (C).
One herne a1500 Quare of Jelusy iii.
One other lady a1500 Ib. 422.
One emperoure a1500 Ib. 423.
One haly man 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 719.
Ȝe bene one ypocrite c1552 Id. Mon. 2135. 1689 Acts XII. 71/1.
That one imbarguo be layed on all shipps goeing to France(2) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 185.
One ferlyfull relyk a1500 Quare of Jelusy 145.
One lady c1552 Lynd. Mon. 329.
I haif … bene … one courtiour c1552 Ib. 612.
Bot lyke one stirlyng or ane papingay c1552 Ib. 2865.
On king of tender aige c1552 Ib. 3977; etc.
Mony one creature a1582 Sir Colling 131.
On stain 1617 Acts IV. 538/2.
That thair may be one constant conformitie betuix burgh and land 1618 Bk. Dunvegan I. 117.
Wythin ane purse and one little round buist 1662 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 14.
He took the said Jonet Kyll on stroak on the shoulder
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