A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400, 1475-1513
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Alsammyn, adv. Also: all sam(m)yn. [All a., Sammin adv. The use of all-r with saman is common in ON.] All together. 1375 Barb. v. 212; etc.
Thai all sammyn held thair way To Turnbery a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii. 432.
He … fand thire sewine al sammyne thare sittand c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 395; etc.
His men all samyn he out off perill brocht 1513 Doug. v. x. 17.
Than sone the childer … Enterit in the camp alsammyn 1513 Ib. x. vi. 94; etc.
Dartis sevin Alsammyn thai kest, forcy as fyry levin
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