A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1496-1568
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Ym(p)n, n. Also: ympn(n)e, ym. [ME imne, ymne (both Ancr. R.), ympne (a1300); Hympne n.] A Christian hymn; an ode or song of praise to a pagan deity. = Hympne n. a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii 1436.
Ȝoȝomas, God blyssande With ymnis & psalmis c1420 Wynt. v 3582.
Syne ymnys [C., W. ympnis] he made in till fayre dyte 1496 Misc. Spald. C. V 32.
To singe … psalmis, respondis … ympnis, and ale other houris c1500 Coll. St. Salvator 158.
Yms breuit and notit for the chantouris 1513 Doug. vi x 70.
Ympnys of pryce, triumphe and victory All syngand glaid togydder in falloschip 1513 Doug. viii v 21.
To syng In ympnys, ballettis and lays … The lovabill gestis of mychty Hercules c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xxvi 30.
And quhen the ympnne [W., P. ympne] was said, thai went out a1568 Bannatyne MS 21a/14.
Grant ws grace that we may say This ympne so plesandly to thé
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