A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1614
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Degener, v. [e.m.E. (1545), F. dégénérer, L. dēgenerāre.] intr. To degenerate. 1513 Doug. xiii. iii. 136.
That thou was degenerit owt of kynd 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xl.
The quheit … degeneris, and turnis to ry 1533 Id. Livy II. 118/19.
He degenerit nocht fra the wisdome of his progenitouris (a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitland Folio MS lxii. 42.
Braillaris … degenerit fra thair naturis 1596 Dalr. II. 363/2.
That tha neuir wald degener fra thair alde faith 1614 Forbes Defence 22 (J).
Though all the naturall seed should degener
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