A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1515, 1657
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Wardanschip, Vardinshipe, n. [ME and e.m.E. wardein-scipp, wardanscipp (both Cursor M.), wardenship (1464).] The office of warden or governor. a. Of (a part of) the Scottish border. = Wardanry(e 2 b. b. Of the Cinque Ports. —a. 1515 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 53.
Dand Ker of Cesfurd swer … that he suld lelely … execut the office [of] wardanschip within the bowndis of the middill merchis and bordowris of Scotland forganis Ingland —b. 1657 Balfour Ann. II 135.
The vardinshipe of the Cinq: Ports
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