A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Mentionat, -att, -ate, v. [e.m.E. (once) mencionate (1550). f. Mentionat,p.p. and ppl. a.] tr. To state, to specify, to designate. — 1579–80 Rec. Earld. Orkney 151.
Tua protestationis … quhilkis mentionattis that [etc.] 1596 Highland P. I. 191.
Be mentionatting of dyuers nobill mens namis 1622-6 Bisset II. 201/27.
The Romane emperiouris quhairof the … cod mentionatis quha began to mak new sea lawes 1677 Dunblane Synod 117.
To draw up ane act mentionating ministers to be carefull [etc.] —p.p. c 1590 Cath. Tr. 256/9.
The fruites … of thir tokens aboue mentionated
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Mentionat v.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/mentionat>
