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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1461-1554
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Cron(e, n.1 [ME. cron, crone (14th c.), earlier corone, OF. corone, L. corōna. In part, however, merely graphic for croun.] A crown, in various uses.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints x. 255.
Cronis sat vith preciuse stanys a1400 Ib. xxviii. 11; etc.
Til enhorne vchis & cronis, Mad fore sere folk that of renone vs 1461 Liber Pluscardensis 397.
Quhein party complenyheis to the cron [v.r. croun] 1461 Ib. 399.
Yhit is thair a thing that mekil grevis thi cron [v.r. croun] 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 103/14.
Scotland hed bene in pacebil subiectione to the crone of Ingland(2) 1473 Treasurer's Accounts I. 47.
Gevin to Ranald the gunnare, … ij cronis 1498 Halyb. 60.
Paid in falowerd mony 195 ald cronis 1498 Ib.
Som [= sum] of thir cronis 1539 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 159.
xxxvj cronys of wecht ... to mak gentill wemennis chafferonys with 1554 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 4.
Ane rider extending to xx s., thre cronis of the sone
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