A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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(Imang,) Ymang(e, prep. [North. ME. y-, imang, midl. and south. y-, imong. OE. ᵹemang. Cf. Amang.] Among, amid. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 809 (ymang vthyre paynis sere). a1400 Ib. xxvii. 862 (to gang Apone the feild his corne ymange). a1400 Ib. xxviii. 127 (as a schepe ymang wlfis). a1400 Ib. xxx. 385 (his treasoure … delt ymang pure men).
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