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Haltane, Haltan(d, adj. Also: haltyn. [Variant of Hautane adj., with Sc. al for au.] Proud, haughty; esp. arrogant, presumptuous. Common in tags with hie.(a) c1450-2 Howlat 923.
How the howlat him bure So hie & so haltane
a1500 Adv. MS. 25.4.15 fol. 162.
& the tother be sa haltan that he will nocht tak a mendis of him he may folow the schip
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 59.
Revin, raggit ruke, … I se thé haltane in thy harlotrie
c1500-c1512 Kennedy Ib. 441.
Haltane [M. haltand] harlot
1533 Boece iv. ix. 139.
Romanis haltane & proude be this avantage
Ib. xvi. 151 b.
To declyne thare haltane pride be humanite … is invane
1535 Stewart 8676.
How Dedius, with haltane mind and hie Maliciouslie malingis agane me
a1570-86 Maitl. F. xlvii. 59, Ib. 99.
Be nocht haltane nor dangerous
absol. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 963.
With baith his handis in haist that haltane couth hew
(b) 1513 Doug. vi. ix. 119.
Prowd and haltand in hys hart walkyt he
1535 Stewart 38236.
Quhomeof he wox so haltand and so hie
Ib. 55706.
[He] gaif thame feild with haltand wordis hie
1560 Rolland Seven S. 6706.
Scho him gaue sum wordis outrageous, Hie and haltand, and verray dispittous
(a1570-86 Dunb.) Maitl. F. xi. 25.
Hely harlottis on haltan vys Com in with mony haltand gys
(c) c1475 Wall. x. 844.
He lewch and said thir haltyn [1570, haultand] words on hycht

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