A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Depenes, Deipnes, n. Also: depnes. [ME. depe-, depnesse, OE. déopnes.] Deepness, depth (lit. and fig.).(a) 1375 Barb. xiii. 353 (cummyrsum of … depnes for to pas). c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 25 (into depnes of povertee). 1456 Hay I. 12/23 (nouthir lenth na brede na depenes). 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 189 (waterstankis of sic depnes). c1515 Asl. MS. I. 327/28 (the hicht, the depnes … of haly scripture).(b) 1426 Acts II. 12/1 (the boll sal contene … in deipnes xix inchys). 1533 Gau 55/9 (the deipnes of godis maieste). 1541 Hamilton P. I. 141 (for the tyme of ȝeir and deipnes of way). 1570 Elgin Rec. I. 124 (the deipnes of the lenth of ane bair coirn). 1587 Acts III. 521/2 (having tryit … the same in deipnes and breid be the elnwand). 1608 Highland P. III. 114 (the deipnes of ȝour heich wisdome). 1641 Acts V. 506/1 (the leanth of the staves … and deipnes of the chime).
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Depenes n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 26 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/depenes>
