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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1678
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Crynit, crynd, ppl. a. Also: krain'd, krynd. [Cryne v.1 (cf. also mod. Sc. crined, croint).] Shrunken, shrivelled. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 187.
Reistit andl crynit as hangitman on hill c1500-c1512 Id. Tua Mar. W. 278.
I … with a kyind contynance kys his crynd chekis [M. his krynd cheik] c1500 Crying of Play 99.
I am all crynd [B. crynit] in for eld, This litill as ȝe may se 1678 Cleland 14.
He stood upright, tho shoulders slopt, Tho brans and leggs krain'd and clopt, Tho bumm and belly were best boulked
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