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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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Scand, v. [e.m.E. scand (1495), var. of scan, L. scandere, F. scander.] tr. To scan, examine closely. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 257/8.
So doeth thy workes vnto this day declair for lyflie art who list thy vers to scand [: land]
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