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† hensour Sc. Obs.
Also 6 hensure.
[Origin unknown: see conjectures in Jamieson. The form of the word suggests OFr. derivation.]
‘Perhaps a giddy young fellow’ (Jam.); perh. = henchman.
(The sense was app. obscure to Henry Charters in 1602.)
15..Christs K. on Gr. x, Ane haisty hensure callit Hary Quha wes ane archer heynd. 1535Lyndesay Satyre of Thrie Estaitis (Bann. MS.) 2651 Thir juglars, jestouris and ydill hensouris Thir cariouris and thir quynte sensouris [E.E.T.S. 2605 from ed. 1602, Thir Iugglars, Iestars, and idill cuitchours, Thir carriers, and thir quintacensours]. |