A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1551
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(Savouring,) Savoring, -yng, Savering, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. sauorynge (Chaucer), sauering (Wyclif), saweringe (a1450); Savo(u)r v.] a. Tasting. b. fig. Something that conveys the ‘flavour’ or gives a ‘taste’ of (something else). —a. 1551 Hamilton Catechism 116.
Se that suppose we feil suggestioun to syn other be … heiring smelling savering [etc.] —b. 1513 Doug. i Prol. 44.
I wald into my rurall wlgar gros Wryte sum savoryng [Sm. -ing] of thyne Eneados
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