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: 1499-1512, 1604-1606
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Ging, Gyng, n. [ME. gyng, ging, geng(e, OE. genge, ON. genge, gengi.] A company; a gang. c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 98.
In die mee sepulture I will nane haif bot our avne gyng a1500 Peblis to Play 33.
I dar nocht cum amang na ging I am so ewill sone brint a1605 Montg. Sonn. lxix. 2.
The Lesbian lad, … With Ceres and Cylenus, gled ȝour ging 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. x. 14.
No more should the graue of the godly honourable be profaned with the gracelesse ginge
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