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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Liddernes, n. [e.m.E. liddyrnes (Skelton): cf. Lithernes.] Lack of spirit, cowardice. — a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 785.
Sall neuer lord lauch on loft … That I for liddernes suld leif
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