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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grane, n.¹ Also: grain, grayne. [Northern ME. grane (a 1300), midl. & south. gron(e; f. Grane,v.] A groan.(a) 1375 Barb. xiii. 35.
Men herd nocht ellis bot granys & dyntis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 24.
Throw skaldand fyre ay as thay skippit, Thay gyrnd with hiddous granis [: at anis] Id. xxxiv. 81.
The fische wyffis flett and swoir with granis 1533 Boece ix. vii. 303.
Oure all the feildis herde war the granis and lamentaciouns of woundit men 15.. Clar. ii. 1131.
Baith hurlit bakward thair steidis with a grane a1568 Pedder C. 21.
Lyk Romerakaris with awsterne granis Speikand curlyk ilk ane till vder c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 905.
Sichand with monie gant and grane, To fair Venus makand his mane(b) c1475 Wall. vii. 459.
The peple Rewmyd in reuth, with mony grysly grayne a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 306.
In angwische I langwische With mony grievous grainis