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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lent, n. [ME. lente, leinte (13th c.), e.m.E. lent, shortened f. lenten: see Lentrin n. In earlier Sc. use only in rhyme in verse.] = Lentrin n. Also to fast Lent, and comb. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 5.
Quhen Aries, in middis of the Lent [: equivalent, feruent], Schouris of haill can fra the north discend 1528 Lynd. Dreme 922.
A … berne … With wisage leyne, as he had fastit Lent [: bent, rent] c1552 Id. Mon. 4651.
Bot quho that eitis flesche in to Lent Ar terribly put to torment a1585 Polwart Flyt. 201 (H).
The lords and lairds … Whilk in ane innes will be content To leiv, and lett ther hous in Lent 1600 Reg. Privy C. VI. 7.
Willing that ordinary time of Lent be kept … this year between 10 Feb. and 23 March, being Pasch day 1606 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 281.
Na inhabitant … to eat onie flesche during the tyme of Lent 1685 Acts VIII. 475/2.
That all persons forbear to slay any muirfoul … from and after the first day of Lent to the first of Julycomb. 1558-66 Knox I. 46 n.
The hole lent-tyde a1585 Polwart Flyt. 196 (T).
In Lent moneth, and long in summer