A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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(Oin-,) Oynment, n. [ME. (n)oynement (Cursor M.), une(14th c.), uine- (c 1400), honement (1422), e.m.E. oynment. Cf. Oinȝement, Unȝement.] = Ointment n. — a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 475.
The oy[n]ment of the ee That helpis men clerly to se a1400 Ib. xxvi. 269.
For-thi mad he Ane oynment that diaton hicht That watir & stane to bryn had mycht
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