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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Owin(e, Own(e, a. Also: owen(e, ouin(e, oven, ovine, oun(e, one. [Midl. and south. ME. owen (13th c.), owin (13–14th c.), oune (14th c.), owne (14th c.), etc., e.m.E. own(e, etc., adopted in place of Awin.] Own. = Awin a. in various applications. a1500 Quare Jel. 560, 561.
Ay in thin owen entent Thyne owin harm consumith thé c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1115 (C).
Inne-to thar owen cuntre 1561 Knox in Facs. Nat. MSS. III. xlv.
Hir owen estate 1563 G. Hay Confutation Abbot Crosraguel 25.
In the owen roum 1570 Leslie 184. Ib. 286.
With his owin kyn 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 175/578.
Ouin 1594 Colville Lett. 265.
Be my one contremen a1605 Montg. Sonn. xlvii. 8.
Oune 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xvi.
Owne c 1611 Melvill Dream 4/15 in Fugitive Poetry 2 Ser. II.
My Christ have cair & save thyn owin 1612 Inverness Rec. II. 91.
Owen 1617–18 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 39.
To Thomas Faulisdaill his owen & his boyes charges 1644 Laing MSS. I. 219.
Ouine 1649 Conv. Burghs III. 337.
Owin 1665 Grant Chart. 346.
Oven 1666 Laing MSS. I. 350.
Ther owen shur & kynd friends 1669 Rothesay B. Rec. 179.
Upone his owin upgeawing 1675 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 228.
Ovine 1680 Glasgow Chart. II. 210.
So as we … may be reponed to our oune 1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 153.
His oune mark